Trump budgets largest ever FDA spending increase

President Donald Trump's FY19 budget request proposes increasing FDA’s budget by $473 million, including $417 million in new outlays for medical products, over the FY18 budget. This is the largest budget authority appropriation increase in absolute dollars ever proposed for the agency, according to the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.

The increases include an additional $241 million for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), $131 million for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and $45 million for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)...