FDA Requests $275M To Ensure Safety Of Imported Medical Devices, Drugs, Food (Medical News Today)
FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach in a May 5 letter to Congress requested an additional $275 million in funding to ensure the safety of imported food, prescription drugs and medical devices, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, von Eschenbach was responding to a May 1 letter from Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.