PDUFA Becomes US FDA's Billion Dollar Baby

Second consecutive year of record workload levels drive substantial increase in FDA's prescription drug user fee revenue target for fiscal year 2019.

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A continued increase in workload, in some cases to new record levels, forced the US FDA's prescription drug user fees higher for fiscal year 2019. As a result, the program will be expected to generate more than $1bn for the first time.

For the second straight year, FDA indicated that application counts have approached record levels, while IND, efficacy supplement, and meeting...

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