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RACE FOR CHILDREN ACT NEWS

Colorado’s Bennet, Gardner applaud House passage of RACE for Children Act (Valley Courier)

July 13, 2017

Today’s passage of the RACE for Children Act in the House is a significant step for children around the country who deserve lifesaving treatments. more→

RACE for Children Act passes in the House (KvC Newsletter)

July 12, 2017

The bill will now move to the Senate. We are very hopeful it will pass soon and reach the President for signature. more→

Don’t leave them waiting: How to bring new cancer drugs to kids (Morning Consult, 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→

Rubio and Bennet: RACE for Children Act will help kids with cancer (Tallahassee Democrat)

June 5, 2017

If the Senate passes this act, necessary studies will be conducted to provide physicians with more information for treating children with cancer. more→

FDA approves first treatment for solid tumors based on molecular target (FDA News Release)

May 23, 2017

The approval of a cancer treatment based on a common biomarker is a very big first for the cancer community, providing a scientific rationale behind the goal of the RACE for Children Act. more→

Thank Senator Michael Bennet

May 17, 2017

Senator Michael Bennet gave a moving colloquy, asking that the Senate support the RACE for Children Act. more→

Advocates for child cancer patients press for faster drug approvals (USA Today)

May 9, 2017

Advocates for child cancer patients hope a key congressional panel takes an important step in the decades-long fight to speed up development of pediatric oncology drugs. more→

Pediatric cancers: New bill seeks to close clinical trial requirement loopholes (Regulatory Affairs Professional Society)

March 8, 2017

The bill will end the current exemption for companies from obligations related to undertaking PREA pediatric study plans. more→

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

March 8, 2017

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

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

March 6, 2017

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

Butterfield backs bill to boost child cancer research (The Wilson Times)

March 6, 2017

Rep. G.K. Butterfield has joined a bipartisan group of senators and representatives to reintroduce RACE for Children Act. more→

Congress reintroduces RACE for Children Act (KvC Newsletter)

February 28, 2017

Addressing the innovation gap in children’s cancer research caused in part by high-priced cancer drugs. more→

Kids v Cancer Pediatric Cancer Legislative Yearbook 2016

January 30, 2017

The Pediatric Cancer Legislative Yearbook 2016 summarizes the achievements of pediatric cancer advocacy organizations and outlines next steps for 2017. more→

New bill would open important avenues of research for childhood cancer (The Augusta Chronicle)

September 25, 2016

When you’re a parent of a child with cancer, you do everything possible to chase down that cure. 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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