FDA requests $7.2bn for FY2025 to unify Human Foods Program, strengthen data infrastructure

FDA’s total request of $7.2bn for FY 2025, an increase of $341m from the FY 2024 numbers, “will allow the agency to continue to leverage new and emerging technologies,” and unite the Human Foods Program under “a single line of authority,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said during the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration subcommittee budget request hearing on April 18.

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Comer: The FDA Has Failed to Prioritize Safety and Incentivize Innovation

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today opened a hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration” to bring transparency to a pattern of issues within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure the FDA is prioritizing safety and effectiveness and incentivizing innovation.