Resources and information for parents of children with cancer . . . by parents of children with cancer.

Resources: Compassionate Use

Sites for compassionate use, compassionate access, or expanded access protocols.

CancerActionNOW

http://www.canceractionnow.org/

"CancerActionNOW.org helps cancer patients learn if they can access a scientifically-tested cancer drug before the therapy is FDA-approved and on the market. This early access is commonly called compassionate use."

CureOurChildren

http://www.cureourchildren.org/compassionateuse.htm

"How to get Drugs not FDA Approved Yet" - Excellent information on this patient/parent-generated web site.

Abigail Alliance

http://www.abigail-alliance.org/

"The Abigail Alliance is dedicated to helping create wider access to developmental cancer drugs and other drugs for life threatening illnesses. The Abigail Alliance is promoting creative ways of increasing expanded access and compassionate use programs. We are working to help promote creative ideas to get promising new drugs to the market sooner."

Cancer.gov on new cancer treatments

http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/understanding/approval-process-for-cancer-drugs/page4

Understanding the Approval Process for New Cancer Treatments: Special Needs.

Partnership for Prescription Assistance

www.pparx.org

This organization helps qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private programs. Recommended by an ACOR listmember.

ClinicalTrials.gov - What is an Expanded Access Protocol?

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/ctexpaccess.html

Coalition for Compassionate Access

http://www.mpp.org/

Marijuana, Canada.

International: EssentialDrugs.org

http://www.essentialdrugs.org/

"It is the fundamental right of every country to have access to the basic drugs that safeguard human life."

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

http://www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/access.htm

http://www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/approved.htm

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: Access to Unapproved Drugs.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/7_46.htm

Cancer Information Service factsheet entitled "Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (Phrma)

http://www.phrma.org/newmedicines/

New Medicines in Development. This is a very interesting site - you can search for new medicines in development by disease.

HemOnc Today also has a list of hematology malignancy drug in the pipeline:
http://www.hemonctoday.com/200402/drugchart.pdf

UK: Medicines Control Agency

http://www.mca.gov.uk/ourwork/monitorsafequalmed/newdrugs/newdrugs.htm

Monitoring the safety and quality of medicines: New drugs under intensive surveillance (Black Triangle list).

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