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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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FEDERAL AGENCY ROLES IN CANCER DRUG DEVELOPMENT FROM PRECLINICAL RESEARCH TO NEW DRUG APPROVAL:

THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AND THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Background paper prepared for the National Cancer Policy Board

Joseph P.Newhouse, Harvard University

John Mendelsohn, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Hellen Gelband and Roger Herdman, Institute of Medicine

MARCH 2005




INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract No. NO2-CO-01029 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Cancer Institute. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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PREFACE

The interplay between the public and private sectors in health care is nowhere more intricate than in the case of cancer. From basic research to the panoply of control measures, to the subject of this background paper—the development of new drugs and biological agents to treat the disease most feared by Americans—the leading federal government agencies have played essential roles. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an obvious player, responsible for expediting the flow of new agents for the full range of health conditions to the public, while protecting from undue risk. Challenges for FDA abound throughout the medical spectrum, but cancer occupies a special place, with rules and procedures peculiar to the disease, its treatment, and the public’s clamor for faster progress.

It should surprise no one that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is at the forefront of basic research on cancer, but the historic and current depth of the Institute’s involvement in drug development is an anomaly among the government’s disease-oriented institutes. Its role in relation to the traditional pharmaceutical industry, small and large biotechnology companies, and the academic community has been central since the 1940s, but has changed over time as the capacity and priorities of the other parties have evolved. Continued success will depend on the flexibility to fully complement the other sectors with cutting-edge technical capabilities as well as having in place the administrative means to join easily with them throughout the discovery and development process.

These issues were part of the very ambitious scope of work of a committee created under the aegis of the National Cancer Policy Board to analyze every aspect of the way new agents to fight cancer are developed and to search for ways to streamline the process. This scope was overwhelming, and it became clear that shorter reports, a typical committee report and three separate authored papers on various aspects of the process, would be more manageable and provide more accessible products. This authored background paper, describing the federal role in cancer drug development, is one of those. The other products from this study are a committee report on the development of agents to treat childhood cancers and two authored background papers covering the use of human tissues in research to develop new anticancer agents and issues in intellectual property among government, industry, and academia.

We believe this paper provides useful background detail for those interested in exploring issues that will be informed by how the FDA and NCI act and interact to develop cancer drugs from preclinical research to new drug approval.

Joseph P.Newhouse, Ph.D.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals who provided information and insight for this paper, either through formal presentations or through informal contacts:


Scott Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D.

William Cotreau

Timothy Hoey, Ph.D.

Peter Houghton, Ph.D.

Tyler Jacks, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Jaffee, M.D.

Nina Mani, Ph.D.

Cheryl Marks, Ph.D.

Sharyl J.Nass, Ph.D.

Andrew Neighbour, Ph.D.

Drew Pardoll, M.D.

Richard Pazdur, M.D.

Emanuel Petricoin, Ph.D.

Edward A.Sausville, M.D., Ph.D.

David Sidransky, M.D.

Malcolm Smith, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert Spiegel, M.D.

Sudhir Srivastava, Ph.D.

Beverly A.Teicher, Ph.D.

Robert Tepper, M.D.

Joseph E.Tomaszewski, Ph.D.

J.Gregory Townsend

Jeffrey M.Trent, Ph.D.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Federal Agency Roles in Cancer Drug Development from Preclinical Research to New Drug Approval: The National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11257.
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