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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 years and $1 billion to bring a new drug to market, which Roberts callee a “national disgrace.” The National Cancet Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Centere has a Sept. 25, 2011, application date for its effortxs to get aninitial five-yeae designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutionds seeking new designations begins with submissionb of documentation that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pagea and includes a site visit and other The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approved is the spring of 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancet centers receive Cancer Center Supporg Grants to support research to reducdethe incidence, morbidity and mortalitt rates of cancer. There are 23 cancerd centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancer Centefr is part of , which is the medicao research and education arm of the Universituof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’s No. 1 prioritu — typically is granted to academicmedicao centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will apply forNCI • Increased regional patient access to cutting-edge clinica trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annualp economic benefits inthe region.
• An increase in KU Cance r Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 milliomn to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attracrt world-class researchers who bring NCI grantaswith them, and part of the estimatede increase is based on that. Many of these researcheras doubleas clinicians, addinfg expertise and depth in various cancer-care
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