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New Cancer Drugs Web Site Created by FDA

Wed, 09/27/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new cancer web site. The site provides both professionals and consumers with information about drugs approved for cancer treatment, disease summarys, and regulatory tools. The site is the first effort of the FDA to subdivide the drug information on their site by disease category. The site includes detailed data on approved oncology drugs, including uses, product labels, and transcripts of pertinent advisory committee discussions; a flow chart to help select the starting dosage for cytotoxic drugs in oncology; general advice on how to obtain access to experimental drugs; information about reporting adverse events; assessment tools for conducting clinical investigations, such as a staging manual for different types of cancers; and information about filing an application for an investigational new drug and about investigational review boards.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created a new cancer web site. The site provides both professionals and consumers with information about drugs approved for cancer treatment, disease summarys, and regulatory tools. The site is the first effort of the FDA to subdivide the drug information on their site by disease category. The site includes detailed data on approved oncology drugs, including uses, product labels, and transcripts of pertinent advisory committee discussions; a flow chart to help select the starting dosage for cytotoxic drugs in oncology; general advice on how to obtain access to experimental drugs; information about reporting adverse events; assessment tools for conducting clinical investigations, such as a staging manual for different types of cancers; and information about filing an application for an investigational new drug and about investigational review boards.