FDA streamlines approval process for new cancer drugs

The Boston Globe;  June 5, 1991 ;   Associated Press;   332 words ......for approving new cancer drugs to get them to...Officials in the FDA's Division of Oncology...to approve new cancer drugs without getting...spokesman for the FDA. The oncology division...actions related to cancer drugs without getting...hundred twenty-six cancer ...

Protesters demand new cancer drugs.

Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  September 19, 2007 ;     787 words ......pace in approving cancer drugs, a group of about...headquarters. The FDA, they responded in...approval for other cancer drugs, such as Genasense...Activists say the FDA should speed up approval...Developmental Drugs after cancer killed his daughter...said he took the ...

CANCER DRUGS ON FAST TRACK : FDA TO SPEED UP APPROVAL PROCESS.(NEWS)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 30, 1996 ;     674 words ......rules to speed cancer drugs to patients. President...regulatory reach of the FDA. For some time...now, makers of cancer drugs had to show that...significant change, the FDA will accept evidence of a cancer drug's effectiveness...treatment. The FDA said it would...

CANCER DRUGS SPEEDED UP CLINTON CHANGING RULES BY WHICH APPROVAL IS GIVEN...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 30, 1996 ;     787 words ......Administration's rules to speed cancer drugs to patients, it announced...regulatory reach of the FDA. For some time Republicans...Until now, makers of cancer drugs had to show that they...significant change, the FDA will accept evidence...There are now about 300 cancer ...

FDA Streamlining Approval Process for Cancer Drugs

The Washington Post;  June 4, 1991 ;   Malcolm Gladwell;   662 words ......overhauling the way cancer drugs are regulated and...require high-level FDA officials to double-che...the record for cancer drugs: Over the past three years, while the FDA has taken an average...and 32 months for cancer drugs. The most recent...scientists within the ...

Clinton administration plans to speed access of cancer drugs to...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 29, 1996 ;   Vedantam, Shankar;   488 words ......House promised Friday to speed cancer drugs to patients, as part of its...hope is on the way.'' Some 300 cancer drugs are currently in various stages...effort in Congress to reform the FDA, cut its bureaucracy and hasten...Agency critics charge that the FDA takes longer to approve ...

FDA Oncology Revamping May Speed Approval of Cancer Drugs

Orange County Business Journal;  September 6, 2004 ;   Webb, Marion;   528 words ......rework the unit responsible for cancer drugs and therapeutic biologics will...said. Hale also said that many cancer drugs already receive expedited regulatory...want more interaction with FDA officials to discuss the design...trying to set up meetings with FDA officials, Hale noted, ...

Heart, cancer drugs lead FDA approvals. (Food and Drug Administration)

Chain Drug Review;  February 12, 1990 ;     733 words ...Heart, cancer drugs lead FDA approvals WASHINGTON--Medicines aimed...U.S. In addition, five drugs received FDA approval to battle infectious diseases...disheartened by the continuing lag in the FDA review process. The 23 new drugs approved...

U.S. to speed up release of cancer drugs to public Move is expected to cut...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 30, 1996 ;     363 words ......release of promising experimental cancer drugs to the public, a move expected...unnecessarily costly. Clinton, noting that cancer drugs often took years to reach the market...died of breast cancer. Some 300 cancer drugs are currently in various stages...this country will be ...

Expert calls for Italian-style approach to cancer drugs.(Features)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 10, 2007 ;     557 words ......access to breakthrough and expensive cancer drugs. The Italian government has signed an...conference in Cardiff that to fund all new cancer drugs would cost Velindre NHS Trust upwards...patients' treatments. Currently, new cancer drugs are only available to all patients on...

Britain accused of delaying new cancer drugs.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 3, 2005 ;     292 words ......the European league for giving out new cancer drugs, a damning report reveals. Patients...being below average adopters of new cancer drugs.' The report, to be presented to the...at availability of a whole range of cancer drugs, including Herceptin which boosts women...

Cancer care is improving; National Cancer Director announces better access...

M2 Presswire;  September 20, 2006 ;     787 words ......announces better access to NICE approved cancer drugs(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...of his report Review of NHS usage of cancer drugs approved by NICE which shows there has...variation in access to NICE approved cancer drugs across the country However, he warned...

VENTURE TO SELL LOWER-COST CANCER DRUGS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 10, 1993 ;     259 words ......09-10-1993 VENTURE TO SELL LOWER-COST CANCER DRUGS Date: 09-10-1993, Friday Section: BUSINESS...community-based cancer specialists with lower-cost cancer drugs and services. The alliance will market cancer drugs and related services to the fast-growing...

U.S. backs off on plan for cancer drugs

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 9, 2000 ;     255 words ...U.S. backs off on plan for cancer drugs New York Times Saturday, September 9...a plan to cut Medicare payments for cancer drugs given to hundreds of thousands of patients...believed that Medicare paid too much for cancer drugs. But, she said, the government will...

?Controversial cancer drugs policy is wrong?

The Northern Echo;  September 2, 2008 ;   Barry Nelson;   343 words ......NHS services to patients who pay for cancer drugs privately needs reviewing, according...should be changed so patients who pay for cancer drugs privately are not penalised by having...NorthEast primary care trusts on which cancer drugs it should fund before a ruling by Nice...