On January 4, the EPA, FDA, and USDA released the final Update to the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology for 2017 as well as the National Strategy for Modernizing the Regulatory System for Biotechnology Products. The 2017 Update is the first document in decades to comprehensively summarize of the roles and responsibilities of the three regulatory agencies with regard to regulation biotechnology products. NAEGA was closely involved in developing comments to the Obama Administration’s update of the Coordinated Framework, including these comments submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology in November 2017.

More information on update to the Coordinated Framework can be found here on the White House official website.