Press Room

El Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología propuso una nueva guía a fines de la semana pasada que busca ampliar las condiciones bajo las cuales las agencias del gobierno federal pueden aplicar los derechos de intervención, una disposición de la Ley Bayh-Doyle de 1980, para incluir consideraciones sobre del precio de los medicamentos farmacéuticos.
 

Se espera que mañana el comité de Salud, Educación, Labor y Pensiones (HELP, por sus siglas en inglés) del Senado de EE. UU. revise la Ley sobre las Pruebas para que las Comunidades Reciban con Prontitud y Equidad los Servicios Necesarios para el Cáncer (SCREENS for Cancer Act, en inglés), S. 1840.

Nearly two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its proposed rules to eliminate menthol in cigarettes and all flavors in cigars, the administration/White House announced today it will further delay release of final rules. Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), released the following statement:

Hoy, la Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer (ACS CAN) envió una carta a líderes clave del Congreso instándolos a promover una legislación que aborde de manera integral la crisis actual de escasez de medicamentos en el país antes de una audiencia del Comité de Finanzas del Senado el día martes. 

The House Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill is scheduled to be considered by the House Rules Committee today.

The Senate confirmed Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today.

New data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) found that more than 6.21 million youth reported ever using tobacco products and 2.8 million report current use (past 30 days) of any tobacco product in 2023.

A new national poll reveals that patients are counting on lawmakers to solve the medical debt crisis. U.S. adults say it is past time for federal and state policymakers to act.

New findings led by researchers at the American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) show that regional trial eligibility screening holds the promise of substantially increasing the number of patients who are found eligible to enroll in cancer clinical trials.  

The nation’s drug shortage crisis continues to affect cancer patients and survivors with 1 in every 10 (10%) reporting impacts to care, a majority of whom have had difficulties finding substitute medications (68%) and cited treatment delays (45%).  The data is part of a new survey by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).