FDA Overview

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FDA’s priorities focus on building the capacity to make sound, responsive regulatory decisions and improving the safety of products that have the greatest public health impact. The agency will:

Risk Management

Target our resources for enforcement, product approval, and monitoring domestic manufacturing and imports at the areas that present the greatest public health risks.

Better Consumer Information

Make sure people have the accurate, science-based information they need to make smarter health decisions.

Postmarketing Safety

Greatly enhance our ability to identify and correct risks from medical products that emerge after they are marketed

Counterterrorism

Strengthen our capability to identify, prepare for, and respond to terrorist threats

Effective Regulation/Strong Workforce

Recruit and retain a world-class professional workforce, build efficiency in operations, and have the resources needed to accomplish our mission.