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Blue Ribbon Panel Issues Cancer Moonshot Recommendations

On September 7, a Blue Ribbon Panel — composed of 28 top cancer researchers, oncologists, patient advocates and leaders from the private sector — issued 10 recommendations aimed at speeding up advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. The panel was created as part of the Cancer Moonshot first announced in January of this...

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Mapping the Brain: Dawn of a New Era for Neuroscience Research?

On July 20, a team of neuroscience researchers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and other centers published a precise new brain map in Nature — an outcome of the White House BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) initiative, first announced in 2013. The new map draws in part on the brain’s internal...

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PRIME Launched by EMA to Speed Review and Approval of Innovative, “Breakthrough” Drugs

Four years ago, the US Food and Drug Administration launched its “breakthrough designation” program, designed to speed the review and potential approval of new therapeutics deemed to offer the possibility of substantial improvement over existing options for patients with life-threatening or serious diseases. Since then, the FDA has approved more than 30 drugs in this category, many...