FDA Week | Former FDA, HHS Staffers Praise New FDA Chief Counsel’s Experience

This week, President Trump released his FY 2026 discretionary budget proposal, which calls for large cuts to federal health agencies; and House Republicans continue negotiations over the policies that will be included in the budget reconciliation package.

This week, the House and Senate both agreed to a joint budget resolution, advancing to the next step of the reconciliation process, and CMS released its proposed rules for FY 2026 inpatient and post-acute care payments.

This week, HHS and DEA postponed the effective date of their buprenorphine telemedicine prescribing rule until 2026 and HHS continued the Biden-era defense of its authority to dictate 340B rebate models.