Resources

VIDEO OF ACTUAL APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS

• Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the FDA budget for 2011, inclusive of testimony from Commissioner Hamburg (held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010)

FDA BUDGET AUTHORITY APPROPRIATION SUMMARIES

• President Obama’s budget update provides additional $8 million for the FDA
• Comparison of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA’s FY 11 request to the recommendations of President Obama, the Senate, and the House
• Alliance appropriations request for FDA for FY 11
• FDA budget authority appropriations, FY 08 – FY 10

DATA PRESENTED BY THE ALLIANCE IN HILL BRIEFINGS

• Written testimony of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies regarding FY2011 appropriations for the US Food and Drug Administration
• Written testimony of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies regarding FY2011 appropriations for the US Food and Drug Administration
• Slides used by Alliance staff in Hill briefings, February 2009

STATEMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE FDA

• Commissioner Hamburg’s statement at the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the FDA budget for FY 11 (given March 10, 2010)
• Commissioner Hamburg’s new year memorandum to all FDA staff (issued January 7, 2010)

KEY REPORTS ON THE FDA’S RESOURCE NEEDS

• Hamburg MA, Sharfstein JM. The FDA as a public health agency. New Engl J Med. 2009;360:2493-2495
• U.S. Government Accountability Office. Section on “Protecting public health through enhanced oversight of medical products,” in High Risk Series: An Update. Report no. GAO 09-271. U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, 2009, pp. 15-21.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office. Federal Oversight of Food Safety: FDA’s Food Protection Plan Proposes Positive First Steps, but Capacity to Carry Them Out Is Critical. Report no. GAO-08-435T. U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, 2008.
• U.S. Government Accountability Office. Medical Devices: Challenges for FDA in Conducting Manufacturer Inspections. Report no. GAO-08-428T. U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, 2008.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Science and Mission at Risk: Report of the Subcommittee on Science and Technology, prepared for the FDA Science Board. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Rockville, MD, 2007.
• Institute of Medicine (Baciu A, Stratton K, Burke SP, Eds). The Future of Drug Safety: Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public. National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2007.