Biden and FDA aim to 'end cancer as we know it today'

2 March 2022
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The US medicines regulator has issued three final guidances to drugmakers regarding cancer clinical trials, reflecting a broader push from the administration to improve healthcare outcomes in oncology.

The guidance reflects goals outlined by US President Joe Biden to build upon his 2016 “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, leveraging improvements in cancer prevention, detection and treatment.

The White House has set a target of reducing the death rate from cancer by at least 50% in the next quarter-century, as well as to improve the experience of people with cancer.

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