Biden administration launches pilot to mitigate pediatric cancer drug shortages

Thank you Fierce Healthcare for highlighting our work on the new White House Cancer Moonshot pilot to mitigate pediatric cancer drug shortages. The End Drug Shortages Alliance will coordinate participating healthcare providers, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Children’s National Hospital, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Texas Children’s Hospital; pharmaceutical wholesalers, Cencora and Morris & Dickson; and advising partners Angels for Change, Children’s Hospital Association, and US Pharmacopeia. The pilot will launch before the end of the year and run into 2025.

Biden Cancer Moonshot to tackle pediatric drug shortages

Becker’s Healthcare spotlights the new White House Cancer Moonshot pilot aimed at mitigating pediatric cancer drug shortages.

“Healthcare providers participating in the pilot program are Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. - based Children's National Hospital, Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Stanford (Calif.) Medicine Children's Health, Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital. Pharmaceutical companies Cencora and Morris & Dickson, and nonprofit organizations Angels for Change, the Children's Hospital Association and US Pharmacopeia will also participate.”  wrote Elizabeth Gregerson