FDA holds off on job cuts, assures workers Congress will authorize user fees

Fierce Pharma ------- Thousands of FDA employees will get a reprieve instead of pink slips next week, as new FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb gave them encouraging news about the reauthorization of FDA user fees and their job prospects. Gottlieb told FDA workers in an email Monday that he is so confident that the user fees will be reapproved by Congress before they expire Sept. 30 that he will wait until then to send out required 60-day layoff notices, according to an email (PDF) obtained by Regulatory Focus reported. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.