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Medical Device User Fee Act

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Consumer group wary of industry concessions in FDA user fee bill

Consumer advocates aren't happy about the 5-year user fee re-authorization bill for the device and drug industries, which is now moving rapidly through Congress. That's because the bill is giving industries a quicker pathway to FDA approval for certain products.

Hope runs high that FDA user fee bill will escape congressional acrimony

Our perpetually divided Congress hasn't yet passed a bill that would cover medical device and drug user fee agreements once the existing 5-year law expires in September. But there are some encouraging signs that legislators are trying to avoid roadblocks for the measure designed to fund a big chunk of both industries' regulatory reviews.

Device industry, FDA ink $595M user-fee deal

After more than a year of negotiations, medical device industry groups have tentatively agreed to a new 5-year, $595 million user-fee agreement with FDA--about double the old deal. Congress must sign