By Ahmed Abolenine and Mary Sunny
Vashington Shington: Trump Administration 2026 U.S. for Fiscal Year The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a budget request of $ 6.8 billion, its Commissioner Martin Makari said on Thursday that this year, its $ 7.2 billion budget was down 5.5%.
The White House on May 2 reduced US health costs by more than a quarter next year, facing billions of dollars of national health bodies and disease control and prevention centers.
The proposed budget requested $ 8.8.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services – from this year’s $ 127 billion budget .3 33.3 billion, or 26.2% cut, but did not mention the FDA. Thursday was the first official outline of the 2026 budget request from the McRi comment agency.
“The Trump Administration is offering a $ 8.8 billion budget for the FDA,” Makari told the sub -committee of the Senate Application Committee and the sub -committee on the concerned agencies at the budget hearing.
The FDA budget was $ 7.2 billion in 2025, with a billion in user fees. Billion billion dollars, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers include payments made by manufacturers to quickly review their products, conduct observations and ensure clinical trials to ensure the safety of staff.
Makari said about 1,900 people were released as part of a large reconstruction of the federal health agencies under the Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Federal Health Agencies.
He added that no one was cut off as part of the implementation of a heterogeneous reviewer or observer. Democratic Senators pushed back the FDA firing media reports and later. He said that the scientists were not fired, but were scheduled for firing before the decision was reversed.
Taking 1,200 retirement packages and the agency is recruiting more to replace them .Inniko is recruiting, Makari said.
He said the staff changes did not affect the schedule of approval and on the agency track to meet its treatment review goals under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act called PDUFA. (Reported by Ahmed Abolenen and Maryam Sunny in Bangalore
