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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoodf medical building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 year sand $1 billion to bring a new drug to market, whicbh Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancee Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Cente has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long applicatiojn process for institutions seeking new designations begins with submissionm of documentation that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and included a site visit and other steps. The earliesr that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approvefd is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer center s receive Cancer Center Support Grantas to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortality ratews of cancer. There are 23 canced centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicnh is the medical researchu and education arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designationh — KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallgy is granted to academicmedicalk centers. Therefore, KU Medicalo Center is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalo trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 million to abou t $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-classe researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increasee is based on Many of these researchersd doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in varioua cancer-care sub-specialties.