House GOP Pushes To Ensure EPA Works With FDA On EtO Sterilizer Plan

Key House Republicans are urging the White House to ensure that EPA coordinates with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as officials craft a set of rules for ethylene oxide (EtO) at sterilization facilities, arguing the agency did not consider FDA supply chain data before proposing the rule, opening the door to medical device shortages. In a Sept. 28 letter to Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council (NEC), and Neera Tanden, director of the White House Domestic Policy...