Obama Launches Cancer Moonshot Task Force
President Barack Obama officially has launched the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, which will seek to address unnecessary regulatory barriers to developing new cancer treatments.
Members of the task force — which will be chaired by Vice President Joe Biden — include the heads of the FDA, HHS, the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. The task force, funded by NIH, will present a report to the president before Dec. 31.
Peter Pitts, president and founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and a former FDA associate commissioner, said the president should ask HHS to appoint an innovation czar to make the most of resources.
Read the White House memorandum here: www.fdanews.com/01-29-16-MoonshotCuresMemo.pdf.
Members of the task force — which will be chaired by Vice President Joe Biden — include the heads of the FDA, HHS, the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. The task force, funded by NIH, will present a report to the president before Dec. 31.
Peter Pitts, president and founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and a former FDA associate commissioner, said the president should ask HHS to appoint an innovation czar to make the most of resources.
Read the White House memorandum here: www.fdanews.com/01-29-16-MoonshotCuresMemo.pdf.
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