Article FDA Thank You Explainer: What a government shutdown would mean for the FDA (Updated)
Agency IQ
MARCH 1, 2024
What happens to FDA staff in the event of a shutdown? Per Gottlieb’s testimony before Congress in 2019 (see a Senate report here ), the agency’s field staff conducted “high risk” inspections, but paused routine inspections. That means that at least some of FDA’s work can continue – for a time – while the government is shut down.
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