Open Clinical Trials

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Abstract
On September 27, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act, which aims to improve the FDA's ability to ensure the safety of the nation's drugs and medical devices. The legislation not only reauthorizes the user-fee mechanism that has been part of the agency's funding since 1992, but also increases the agency's overall financial resources. Although the user-fee approach to funding has been controversial because the fees are paid by the pharmaceutical industry, which the FDA is charged with regulating, legislators believed that user fees provide a stable monetary base that is crucial to the effectiveness of the agency.

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