Publication of the guidance is the next step in implementation of the RACE for Children Act, which addresses drug development for rare pediatric cancers. It includes lists of molecular targets for which pediatric studies are required or waived. more→
RACE FOR CHILDREN ACT NEWS
(The Lancet) Making paediatric precision oncology a reality
The Lancet editorial says the RACE for Children Act will increase children’s access to cancer therapies. more→
(The Cancer Letter) How the RACE for Children Act Will Get Drugs to Kids with Cancer, Nancy Goodman)
Taken together, the RACE for Children Act and the Pediatric PRV program change the landscape of pediatric cancer research. more→
(Science) Children with cancer get more access to experimental drugs
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→
(video) Evie urges Congress to pass the RACE Act to help her little sister Sadie
Watch the video: 15-year-old Evie Murrata make an urgent request to Congress to pass the RACE for Children Act to help her 12-year-old sister Sadie who is fighting cancer for the third time. more→
(KVC publication) Senate passes the RACE for Children Act!
On August 3, the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Reauthorization Act and with it, the RACE for Children Act. Next step: POTUS to sign RACE into Law! more→
(Morning Consult) Don’t leave them waiting: How to bring new cancer drugs to kids, by Elena Gerasimov)
The RACE Act is needed because most kids with cancer are treated with medicines from the time when my mom was young. more→
(Life Science Daily) RACE for Children Act seeks to boost childhood cancer research
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
Nancy Goodman, Kids v. Cancer founder, discusses her push for the development of pediatric cancer drugs. With CNBC’s Meg Tirrell.
Nature supports RACE for Children Act
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→
(Blog) Congress introduces RACE for Children Act
RACE for Children Act will give children with cancer access to the most promising treatments. more→
(The Cancer Letter) Laws need to catch up to the science, Nancy Goodman)
Kids with cancer are the last, not the first, to get on trials of promising new drugs. more→
(BioCentury This Week) Steve Usdin: Targeting PREA, September 29, 2014
Article source PDF By Steve Usdin