On September 23, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Give Kid a Chance Act. The Give Kids a Chance Act ensures that kids with cancer will have studies of combinations of new cancer drugs. This is important because finding new combinations of cancer drugs is the best way to find new cures for kids.
The Give Kids a Chance Act also the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act, reauthorizing the priority review voucher program, an incentive program that has resulted in over 60 new drugs for seriously ill kids. Vouchers sell for about $100 million.
The Innovations in Pediatric Drugs Act is also part of the Give Kids a Chance Act, increasing funding for pediatric clinical studies at the National Institutes of Health and imposing monetary penalties when companies fail to complete their required pediatric drug studies.
You asked Congress to help kids with cancer and Congress just did.
We have more steps to go: passage of the Give Kids a Chance Act in the Senate and then signature by the President. But we have reached a critical milestone.
Let’s get back to work. Let’s give kids with cancer hope. Let’s give kids with cancer a chance.