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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoo d medical building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 yearwand $1 billion to brinf a new drug to market, which Robertsw called a “national disgrace.” The National Canceer Institute said in November that the KU Cancefr Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforte to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI canced center. The months-long application process for institutions seekingg new designations begins with submissio of documentation that sometimeszexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and other The earliest that KU Cancer Center’xs application could be approved is the spring of 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centerse receive Cancer Center Support Grantes to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidithy and mortality rates of cancer. Theree are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancere Center is part of , which is the medica l research and education arm of the University of NCIdesignation — KU’s No. 1 priority typically is granted to academicmedical Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will applyh for NCI designation. • Increased regionalo patient accessto cutting-edge clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annual economic benefitsx inthe region.
• An increasew in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financingh from thecurrent $7.5 million to abouyt $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researcherss who bring NCI grantwswith them, and part of the estimated increase is base on that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.