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Related: About this forumThe FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website
Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:08 PM - Edit history (1)
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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website
JANUARY 25, 2025 11:35 AM ET
By Sydney Lupkin
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Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration website.
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
The Food and Drug Administration has removed webpages about diversity and inclusion in clinical trials for cancer drugs.
The page for Project Equity, a 2021 initiative launched by the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence to ensure that cancer drugs were evaluated for approval based on data from a diverse group of study participants, has gone dark.
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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website
JANUARY 25, 2025 11:35 AM ET
By Sydney Lupkin
![](http://npr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com/19/d1/a6118b304d7daec1550297ec3ffa/gettyimages-1227710671.jpg)
Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration website.
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images
The Food and Drug Administration has removed webpages about diversity and inclusion in clinical trials for cancer drugs.
The page for Project Equity, a 2021 initiative launched by the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence to ensure that cancer drugs were evaluated for approval based on data from a diverse group of study participants, has gone dark.
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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 26
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jmbar2
(6,541 posts)1. JFC!
Fullduplexxx
(8,427 posts)2. Another caves to cowardice
mercuryblues
(15,423 posts)3. Oh goodie
My cancer treatment will be based on how well a white Christian male reacts to treatment.