FDA

On May 15, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved radium Ra 223 dichloride (Xofigo Injection, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.) for...

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On May 14, 2013, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved erlotinib (Tarceva®, Astellas Pharma Inc.) for the first-line treatment of metast...

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ASCO, along with the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of American Cancer Institutes and Friends of Cancer Research, is holding an advocacy day on Capitol Hill this week to advocate for sustained funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

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In written testimony to Congress on April 26, ASCO President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, urged legislators to support a “strong federal investmen...

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The following profile of ASCO’s Cancer Research Committee is the second in a series of articles to help ASCO members better understand the role that volunteers serve and the critical work in which committee members are engaged.

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ASCO and more than 150 other national organizations and institutions are supporting The Rally for Medical Research, on April 8 in Washington, D.C. The event will call on policymakers to make life-saving medical research funding a national priority.

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The House today passed a stopgap federal spending bill, now on its way to the White House for signing, to prevent a government shutdown next week. The measure includes an additional $71 million for the National Institutes of Health as well as an additional $10 million for the National Cancer Institute. It also includes an additional $74 million for the Food and Drug Administration.

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ASCO President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, called for a strong federal investment in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2014.

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