WashingtonBernie Sanders will likely chair the Senate health committee.

He is one of the few lawmakers who oppose the premise of drug-industry user fees.

The Food and Drug Administration collects fees from drugmakers to fund its reviews of their medicines.

Congress must renew the Prescription Drug User Fee Act before the current law expires 30 September.

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casts Sanders as opposing the user-fee premise itself, making the Sept. 30 PDUFA expiry a leverage point for FDA reform

Sources: STAT