CHICAGO—Vice President Joe Biden June 6 announced the NCI Genomic Data Commons as part of the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
Seven years ago, when Congress sought to jumpstart the U.S. economy, few imagined that one aspect of the $800 billion stimulus program would turn electronic health records into the Tower of Babel.
What were Texas politicians and CPRIT officials thinking as they were pounded by blistering letters of resignation?
NCI is working to provide five to ten recommendations for Vice President Joe Biden's cancer moonshot program, officials said at a recent advisory committee meeting.
A demonstration project in which the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services hopes to investigate the impact of reimbursement based on Average Sales Prices of drugs is running into strong opposition, as a large number of cancer groups submitted public comments urging the agency to abandon the endeavor.
The White House moonshot to accelerate progress in cancer research directs FDA to consolidate its oncology portfolio.
NCI is preparing to open the Genomic Data Commons, a $20 million big data endeavor aimed at making raw genomic data publicly available.
“There is more brain power in this room than exists in many countries,” said Vice President Joe Biden, addressing over 4,000 members of the American Association for Cancer Research, during a speech that turned personal at times, as he laid out several suggestions for accelerating progress.
A foundation established by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker—founder of Napster and first president of Facebook—has committed $250 million to research in cancer immunotherapy.
NCI announced a panel of advisors to inform the scientific direction and goals of Vice President Joe Biden's National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
