House, Senate reach compromise on user fee legislation
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
A conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers on 18 June revealed they had reached a deal on legislation that permits the US FDA to collect fees from drug and device makers, reconciling the handful of differences between the bills that passed both chambers last month, which also includes measures to create new fees for biosimilars and generics (scripintelligence, 31 May 2012, 25 May 2012).
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