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
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→
Fairer way to distribute last-ditch drugs gets real-world trial (Nature Magazine)
Drug companies’ compassionate policies hard to decipher, and experts are testing what they hope is a fairer system to distribute drugs. more→
KVC launches the Compassionate Use Navigator (KvC Newsletter)
We are proud to announce the launch of the Compassionate Use Navigator, a new service that provides assistance getting access to drugs on a compassionate use basis. more→
Kids v Cancer is #4 of Fast Company’s Top 10 most innovative companies in not-for-profit (KvC Press Release)
Fast Company praised Kids v Cancer for accelerating the discovery of pediatric cancer treatments. more→
Kids v Cancer wins Peter Drucker award for nonprofit innovation (KvC Press Release)
Kids v Cancer was awarded the 2015 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation for its role in the 2012 Creating Hope Act. more→
Laws need to catch up to the science (The Cancer Letter, by Nancy Goodman)
Kids with cancer are the last, not the first, to get on trials of promising new drugs. more→
Hope for children’s rare drug approval process (USA Today)
Advocates for children with rare diseases are watching closely a congressional effort to streamline the nation’s drug approval process. more→
Fighting kid’s cancer…fixing a broken system (CNBC)
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Is pediatric cancer research being left behind? Featuring Nancy Goodman (Fox and Friends)
Video interview with Nancy Goodman. more→
Drugs of last resort (PBS)
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Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center honors Nancy Goodman
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center named Nancy Goodman as an honoree of its annual 100 Everyday Amazing individuals and groups — caregivers, researchers, philanthropists, advocates and volunteers from around the globe — whose commitment to the fight against cancer inspires us all to take action. more→
Cancer-fighting mom leads the charge to get companies to develop pediatric drugs (ABC World News)
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Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma (Nature)
Nancy Goodman contributed her son Jacob’s tissue to this study. more→