Shutdown Deal Avoids Further US FDA Service Cuts, But Damage May Linger

Employees are no doubt are excited to resume work and may have a dozen or more major NDAs pending, but agency morale may not recover quickly.

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President Trump has reached a deal with Democrats to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies until Feb. 15, so it should be blue skies ahead for FDA.

US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb did not wait for President Trump to finish his speech announcing the deal to end the government shutdown to voice his excitement.

"I'm delighted by the announcement by [President Trump] of a deal to re-open the federal government," Gottlieb tweeted. "I'm inspired...

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