Budget Accord Should Increase FDA Funding, Free Up User Fees

Budget Accord Should Increase FDA Funding, Free Up User Fees-thegraysheet:  The two-year budget deal up for consideration in Congress will have a positive financial impact on FDA, and incorporates non-binding language favoring device tax repeal. House and Senate Joint Budget Committee leaders Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled the agreement Dec. 10. The House voted to approve the measure Dec. 12 on a vote of 332-94, and the Senate is expected to take it up the week of Dec. 16.