House Republicans unhappy with FDA dispute procedures
Executive Summary
A personal meeting to resolve questions about FDA's dispute resolution process is requested by Reps. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and John Shimkus, R-Ill., in an April 3 letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach. The ranking members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee and its Oversight & Investigation Subcommittee, respectively, say they are "troubled" by FDA's response to previous questions about agency enforcement priorities and dispute resolution (1"The Pink Sheet," Nov. 26, 2007, p. 17). They are asking that von Eschenbach meet with them sometime before an April 22 hearing on FDA resources...