
Originally Posted by
stktr8dr
Federal funding for the FDA is scheduled to rise to 2.35 billion in FY2010, 298.6 million above FY2009. The money will contain 3 critical components for FDA:
1. 134million for the foods center and field activities
2. 44 million for the drugs center and field activities
3. 35 million for the medical devices center and field activities
With these increases, FDA will hire additional inspectors and conduct more domestic and foreign food and medical products inspections.
The increased staff for inspections and other internal processes within the FDA will hopefully assure the approvals will be completed in a more timely manner. Great news (IMO) for us as investors.