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RACE FOR CHILDREN ACT NEWS

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

April 13, 2022

(Legal Document) FDA Publishes RACE for Children Act Draft Guidance for Industry

December 12, 2019

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→

(The Lancet) Making paediatric precision oncology a reality

October 23, 2017

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)

September 12, 2017

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

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→

(video) Evie urges Congress to pass the RACE Act to help her little sister Sadie

August 6, 2017

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!

August 4, 2017

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)

June 13, 2017

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

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.  

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→

(Blog) Congress introduces RACE for Children Act

July 18, 2016

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)

July 30, 2015

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

September 29, 2014

Article source PDF By Steve Usdin

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