ALLIANCE FOR A STRONGER FDA

www.StrengthenFDA.org

Education and Advocacy to
Increase the Appropriated Resources Available to FDA

To learn about the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, click here for a fact sheet or read "A Strong FDA is Good for America" from the January 2007 edition of Regulatory Affairs Focus. Reprinted with permission.

The Alliance for a Stronger FDA has 180 members, including 3 former Secretaries of HHS and 6 former FDA commissioners. For a membership list, click here.

Major Newspapers Editorialize for FDA Funding

Orlando Sentinel Our position: FDA is not doing an adequate job of protecting U.S. food supply (June 15, 2008)

New York Times Now It’s Tomatoes (June 12, 2008)

San Francisco Chronicle Killer Tomatoes (June 11, 2008)

New York Times A Regulatory Agency in Need (May 19, 2008)

Washington Post Tools for the FDA: The Food and Drug Administration finally asks Congress for more money (May 19, 2008)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Broadening Inspection: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs funding for stepped-up inspection of foreign drug plants (April 27, 2008)

Washington Post Fixing the FDA: Lack of funding inhibits crucial drug inspections abroad (March 7, 2008)

Hartford Courant An Overwhelmed FDA (February 13, 2008)

Oregon Register Guard The FDA Needs Help (February 9, 2008)

Boston Globe Condition critical at the FDA (February 3, 2008)

New York Times The F.D.A. in Crisis: Another Danger Made in China (February 3, 2008)

New York Times The F.D.A. in Crisis: It Needs More Money and Talent (February 2, 2008)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Safety Can’t Wait (February 1, 2008)

FDA Commissioner Provides First-Ever "Professional Judgement Letter" on FDA's Immediate Resource Needs (May 14, 2008)

Administration Request for FDA Fails to Meet US/Global Needs: FDA’s FY 2009 Budget Continues Long History of Inadequate Resources for Consumer Protection (February 4, 2008)

FDA Advisors Declare "FDA Science and Mission at Risk": Broad-ranging Report Concludes that Increased Resources Are An Essential First Step (January 29, 2008)

Results of Congressional Action on FDA Appropriations for FY 2008 (revised January 27, 2008)

Two Page Summary of the FDA Science Board Report: "FDA Science and Mission at Risk" (January 22, 2008)

FDA Advocacy Organizations Merge as "Alliance for a Stronger FDA": New Alliance Will Have 172 members, Envisions Unity of Message and Greater Effectiveness (December 14, 2007)

Every Friday, the Alliance updates its members. Click here to read recent reports.

Links to key reports on FDA’s resource needs:

"Federal Oversight of Food Safety" General Accounting Office (January 2008)

"Medical Devices: Challenges for FDA in Conducting Manufacturer Inspections" General Accounting Office (January 2008)

"FDA Science and Mission at Risk" FDA Science Board Report (November 2007)

"The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public" Committee on the Assessment of the US Drug Safety System, Institute of Medicine (September 2006)

The Alliance for a Stronger FDA has elected 20 directors to its Board for 2008. For a list of directors, click here.

In addition, the Board has elected the following officers for 2008: Wayne Pines, President; Scott Faber, Vice President; Nancy Myers, Treasurer; Caroline Smith DeWaal, Secretary. In addition, Andrew Emmett and Diane Dorman sit on the Executive Committee with the officers.

For a copy of our 2008 membership dues structure, click here.

To join or obtain more information about the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, contact: Ladd Wiley, Executive Director, lwiley@StrengthenFDA.org. 202-887-4211, or Steven Grossman, Deputy Executive Director, sgrossman@StrengthenFDA.org, 301-879-9800.

Updated May 19, 2008.

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