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(Precision Oncology News) RACE for Children Act Spurs Pharma to Study Molecularly Informed Drugs in Pediatric Cancer Patients

April 13, 2022

(CNN) Mothers Turn Grief into Action in the Fight against Childhood Cancer

September 27, 2021

Kids v Cancer’s Nancy Goodman and Smashing Walnuts’ Ellyn Miller are on a crusade to fix the injustice that they say many children with cancer face, a lack of adequate investment in studying cancer specific to them and a lack of development of effective and less toxic drugs and cures. more→

(Blog) Distinguished Public Service Award for Nancy Goodman

March 31, 2019

Nancy Goodman, the executive director and founder of Kids v Cancer, received the Distinguished Public Service award in recognition of her outstanding leadership in cancer policy and advocacy at the 2019 annual meeting of AACR. more→

(Wall Street Journal ) For Children with Cancer, Hope for New Treatments

January 15, 2019

The RACE for Children Act, requiring pharmaceuticals companies to test cancer drugs on children as well as adults, is raising hopes of more therapies. more→

(AACR – video) 2018 AACR Meeting Presentation on RACE Act by Nancy Goodman

April 18, 2018

On April 17th, Nancy Goodman made a presentation on the RACE for Children ACT at the 2018 annual meeting of the American more→

(New York Times) Why Can’t Dying Patients Get the Drugs They Want?

March 23, 2018

Right to Try legislation “is not going to fix the problem because there are still a lot of reasons why the companies will choose not to share their drugs,” says Nancy Goodman. more→

(This week in pediatric oncology – audio) Interview with Nancy Goodman

March 1, 2018

Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children’s Hospital talks with Nancy Goodman, Founder and Executive Director of Kids v. Cancer, about accomplishments and her hopes for the future. more→

(Atlantic Forum – video) Eyes on immunotherapy: Nancy Goodman

December 1, 2017

A video on how Kids v Cancer is creating incentives and requirements for companies to undertake pediatric studies. more→

(Science) Children with cancer get more access to experimental drugs

August 11, 2017

The Research to Accelerate Cures and Equity for Children (RACE) Act will close loopholes in U.S. drug approval guidelines that companies have exploited to avoid enrolling children in clinical cancer research. more→

(Life Science Daily) RACE for Children Act seeks to boost childhood cancer research

March 8, 2017

Current law does not reflect advances in cancer drug development because these therapies have been under-studied in pediatric cancer. more→

(CNBC-video) Kids v. Cancer advocates for RACE for Children Act

March 6, 2017

Nancy Goodman, Kids v. Cancer founder, discusses her push for the development of pediatric cancer drugs. With CNBC’s Meg Tirrell.  

(STAT News-audio) The death of a child and a golden ticket for drug makers

January 18, 2017

How did every parent’s worst nightmare — the death of a child — spur the creation of an incentive system to turn making drugs for childhood cancer from a high-risk, low-reward gamble to a bet a company might make? more→

(Fast Company) Kids v Cancer a 10 most innovative not-for-profits for 2016

November 17, 2016

https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2016/sectors/not-for-profit

(PBS News Hour) How one drug company fast-tracked the FDA’s review process

September 30, 2016

A voucher program shaves months off of the FDA’s review process for drug development that targets rare pediatric diseases. more→

Nature supports RACE for Children Act

July 27, 2016

Kids v Cancer welcomes NATURE’s editorial in support of the RACE for Children Act to champion the development of promising cancer drugs for children. more→

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