NCI plans 11-16 percent budget cuts in new grants to maintain R01 payline at 20th percentile.
Also Kevin Cullen named director, Univ. of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center.
Congress enacts Medicare reform, bill cuts oncology reimbursement.
Congress gives FDA authority to require pediatric clinical trials.
NCI to release RFP for Cancer Information Service recompetition.
November issue of Business & Regulatory Report included.
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