About 54 percent, or $3.3 billion, of FDA’s budget is provided by federal budget authorization. The remaining 46 percent, or $2.8 billion, is paid for by industry user fees.
Industry user fees? Who pays those?
Think about where 46% of the FDA's budget comes from? What would happen to all the jobs at the FDA if Big Pharma said nope. We aren't going do any new drugs in the USA right now.
Look at this carefully to understand what is going on. The following is a link to the FDA's own web page.
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/fact-sheet-fda-glance
Industry user fees? Who pays those?
Think about where 46% of the FDA's budget comes from? What would happen to all the jobs at the FDA if Big Pharma said nope. We aren't going do any new drugs in the USA right now.