I do remember reading about cuts in FDA resources. As an excuse for why they'd missed so many violations. Checking, I see that it was Reagan era cuts.[0] So th

I do remember reading about cuts in FDA resources. As an excuse for why they'd missed so many violations. Checking, I see that it was Reagan era cuts.[0] So the timeline that you cited begins in 1992, which was probably the minimum funding level.[1,2] Also, Hatch-Waxman was approved in 1984, which increased the workload considerably. And then there was the first generic drug scandal in the late 80s. That's what I was thinking of. 0) https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-abstract/29/1/202/2472270?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://academic.oup.com/shm/article-abstract/29/1/202/24722... 1) https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44576.html#_Toc8219812 https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44576.html#_Toc82198... 2) https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkv106 https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkv106