Trump wants to double device user fees for manufacturers

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TRUMP WANTS TO DOUBLE DEVICE USER FEES (Orthopedics This Week)
President Trump wants the medical device and pharmaceutical industries to pay the full cost to push devices and drugs through the FDA.
His budget proposal released on May 23, 2017, will basically double medical product user fees to finance the full cost of FDA pre-market review and replace the need for new appropriated budget authority. Currently, medical product user fees cover an average of 60% of FDA premarket review costs. That would push user fees to over $2.4 billion for 2018, up $1.2 billion from 2017.
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