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Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved its FY 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill preserves the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority over tobacco products and also boosts funding for FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE)

MONTPELIER – May 23, 2018 – Vermont has made great headway in tackling the problem of tobacco, but it is far from solved. Tobacco is still the number one cause of preventable death nationwide. As the budget debate simmers in Montpelier this week, the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Friends of Cancer Research (FOCR), and the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) along with more than 100 advocacy groups representing millions of patients submitted a letter to Members of the House of Representatives strongly opposing the Senate Right-to-Try Act (S. 204).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access and Research (STAR) Act, sending the bill to the president’s desk for enactment. The STAR Act, which was co-sponsored by 370 House members and also passed the Senate unanimously earlier this year, represents

Washington, D.C. – May 22, 2018 – The House of Representatives passed legislation today that, if signed into law, will create a process for accessing experimental drugs without including proper patient protections. The Senate Right-to-Try legislation (S. 204) was strongly opposed by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS