GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT
HR 3433, S 2897

Saving kids’ lives at zero cost to taxpayers

Endorsements
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KIDS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CHANCE AS ADULTS TO BEAT CANCER
Cancer scientists tell us that new combinations of cancer drugs are the best way to find new cures for untreatable cancers. For that reason, from 2020 to 2023,  the FDA approved 40 combinations of cancer drugs for adults. However during that time, the FDA only approved 2 combinations of cancer drugs for kids.

A PRIMER ON WHY NEW COMBINATIONS OF CANCER DRUGS ARE SO IMPORTANT

THE GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT PROVIDES FOR NEW COMBINATIONS OF CANCER DRUGS FOR KIDS
The Give Kids a Chance Act authorizes the FDA to direct companies to add to their required pediatric studies of their new cancer drugs a second drug that they already own or that is a generic.

The Give Kids a Chance Act is an amendment to the Pediatric Research Equity Act and the RACE for Children Act.

THE GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT WAS PASSED IN THE HOUSE IN THE 117TH CONGRESS, AND MORE RECENTLY WAS PASSED IN THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE 118TH CONGRESS
The Give Kids a Chance Act was included in last Congress’ FDA PDUFA bill, HR 7667, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support of 392 to 28.  However, the Senate companion to the FDA PDUFA bill was passed “clean,” stripped of riders including the Give Kids a Chance Act.

In March 2024, the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee passed the Give Kids a Chance Act again.

THE GIVE KIDS A CHANCE ACT COSTS TAXPAYERS ZERO
The Give Kids a Chance Act is a bill ready to be passed into law.  It is consensus language. It costs taxpayers nothing. It will save kids’ lives by enabling new and curative combinations of cancer therapies to be developed for kids.

Advocacy groups endorse Give Kids a Chance Act

Kids v Cancer, Arms Wide Open, Bear Necessities, cc-TDI, ChadTough Defeat DIPG Foundation, Christina Renna Foundation Inc, Clinton County Progressives, Curing Kids Cancer, DADA2 Foundation, DanceBlue Dragon Master Foundation, Elaine Roberts Foundation, End Kids Cancer, EVAN Foundation, Gabriella’s Smile Foundation, Give Kids The World, Gold In September, Gold Rush Cure Foundation, Grandparents In Action, Hannah’s Cans For Cancer, Hunter’s Cancer Journey, Joey’s Wings Foundation, Kick Childhood Cancer Guild, Live Like John, Love Smiles, Lymphedema Advocacy Group, Mackey Family Childrens Cancer Foundation, Making Headway Foundation, Matthew's Hope 4 Miracles, Maynard Childhood Cancer Foundation, McKenna Claire Foundation, Musella Foundation For Brain Tumor Research & Information, Mystic Force Foundation, Oncology Nursing Society, Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP), Our Amazing Fighters, Pediatric Assessment, Learning & Support, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Phoenix Stone Foundation, PNOC Foundation, Press On Fund, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research, Rett's Roost, Robby Butlers Super Hero Fund, Sadie Keller Foundation, Shepherd Foundation, Swifty Foundation, Syngap1 Foundation, Team G Childhood Cancer Foundation, Teen Cancer America, The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Foundation, The Cure Starts Now Foundation, The Gold Hope Project, The Kortney Rose Foundation, The Lilabean Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research, The Maeve McNicholas Memorial Foundation, The Max Cure Foundation, The Scott Carter Foundation, The Taylor Matthews Foundation, The Valerie Fund, Truth 365, Unravel Pediatric Cancer, Until 20, West Virginia Kids Cancer Crusaders, William's Warriors, Wyatt's Warriors, Wylie's Day Foundation, Yusef’s Legacy

Hospitals endorse Give Kids a Chance Act

  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

  • Children’s Hospital Colorado

  • Duke University Medical Center

  • Georgetown University Medical Center

  • Kentucky Children's Hospital Hematology / Oncology

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

  • St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

  • Seattle Children’s Hospital

  • Texas Children’s Hospital

  • University of Florida Health

Pediatric cancer research consortiums endorse Give Kids a Chance Act

  • Children's Oncology Group (COG)

  • Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC)

  • New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT)

  • Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC)

  • Pediatric Oncology Experimental Investigators' Consortium (POETIC)

  • Collaborative Network for Neuro-Oncology Clinical Trials (CONNECT)

  • Beat Childhood Cancer

  • DIPG Preclinical Consortium