White House preliminary budget document provides no funds for highly impactful CDC cancer registries program

Trump administration is removing the mainstays of NCI and the federal government’s cancer program
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Cyber-iconoclast Vinay Prasad named head of FDA’s CBER
An oncologist, Prasad has criticized accelerated approval, next-gen sequencing, and targeted therapies

Vinay Prasad, a MAHA-aligned hematologist-oncologist with an avid cyber following, was named director of the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, where he will be responsible for the agency’s regulation of vaccines and biologics, including cell and gene therapies.

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Vol.51 No.18

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

NIH to update policies and practices, halting subawards to foreign entities

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Vol.51 No.18

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Scott Gottlieb, Mark McClellan warn of the major challenges created by planned reorganization of FDA

Scott GottliebMark B. McClellanTwo former FDA commissioners—Scott Gottlieb and , Mark B. McClellan—

In last-minute switch, Trump taps Casey Means for surgeon general

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Vol.51 No.18

White House

The White House “skinny budget” document cuts NIH by nearly 40%
The cuts are consistent with the previously leaked “passback” document

An updated version of President Trump’s budget request published on May 2 comes as a disappointment for those who hoped that the White House would rethink the draconian cuts contained in an earlier, confidential version of the document that ended up being leaked to the press.

May 02, 2025

Vol.51 No.17

By Jacquelyn Cobb and Claire Marie Porter

White House preliminary budget document provides no funds for highly impactful CDC cancer registries program

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The White House “skinny budget” document cuts NIH by nearly 40%The cuts are consistent with the previously leaked “passback” document

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Trump administration is removing the mainstays of NCI and the federal government’s cancer program
Peer review, registries, and evidence-based patient information take a big hit

Cyber-iconoclast Vinay Prasad named head of FDA’s CBER
An oncologist, Prasad has criticized accelerated approval, next-gen sequencing, and targeted therapies

The White House “skinny budget” document cuts NIH by nearly 40%
The cuts are consistent with the previously leaked “passback” document