In an email to agency staff on Monday, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he will delay issuing layoff notices until after 30 September 2017, when the agency's current user fee agreements expire, if Congress has not passed legislation to reauthorize the agreements by then. Previously, FDA has said it would need to begin issuing layoff notices to thousands of employees that are funded by user fees if the agreements are not enacted by 1 August, as agencies are typically ...