All too easy: Obama signs US FDA user fee bill without fanfare
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Perhaps it was a move by the White House to avoid any uncomfortable photos of President Barack Obama surrounded by drug industry insiders after the rumpus raised in recent weeks over email exchanges during the 2009 health care reform negotiations, but the legislation reauthorizing the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) quietly slid across the president’s desk on 9 July, with no fanfare (scripintelligence, 11 June 2012, 1 June 2012).