Trump’s 2021 budget request seeks modest funding increase for FDA
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled its FY 2021 budget proposal, seeking a 10% reduction in overall funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but a slight increase in funding for the FDA.
For the FDA, the budget requests $6.2 billion overall, including $3.3 billion in discretionary budget authority (BA) and $2.9 billion in user fees.
Steven Grossman, deputy executive director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, told Focus that his group’s preliminary analysis is that the proposal includes a $46 million increase in the BA (taxpayer funded) appropriations, which includes $21 million in additional funds for devices, $2 million in additional funds for programs in the FDA commissioner’s office and $24 million in total rent items. Offsetting this are: $1 million in decreases for animal drugs and the National Center for Toxicological Research, the alliance said.
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