The year-end, must-pass government funding package includes multiple provisions important to FDA operations and authority, as well as for clinical research sponsors and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The $1.7 billion Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2023 will reshape Medicaid coverage and bolster pandemic preparedness and biomedical research, among dozens of measures involving drug development and regulation, as the legislators added hundreds of provisions sought by specific states and industries, but also left some key measures on the cutting-room floor.
