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Advocacy > Money and Budget Matters

Last update: 09/17/2007

We post information about how our taxes and donations are being applied to research here.

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Nation's investment in cancer search (2008) http://plan.cancer.gov/budget.shtml  
Fiscal Year 2007 Estimate $4,696,227
Current Services Increase 282,998
  Subtotal $4,979,225
Fiscal Year 2008 Additional Resources
  Increase Success Rate for Research Project Grants 277,000
  Expanding Cancer Center Research 77,000
  Linking Science and Technology 170,000
  Integrating Science through Interdisciplinary Teams 196,000
  Cancer Clinical Trials 100,000
  Subtotal $820,000
Total NCI $5,799,225
* Does not include the NCI contribution to the NIH Roadmap.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) budget 2005-7: http://www.hhs.gov/budget/07budget/centersformed.html#cmsovrv 
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The NIH Budget and the Future of Biomedical Research - content.nejm.org

Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Ph.D.

Whatever mechanisms are ultimately chosen, it seems clear that new methods of support must be developed if biomedical research is to continue to thrive in the United States. The goal of a durable, steady stream of support for research in the life sciences has never been more pressing, since the research derived from that support has never promised greater benefits. The fate of life-sciences research should not be consigned to the political winds of Washington.
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Projecting Future Drug Expenditures--2004 - Medscape (free login req.)
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Hidden drug-re-import potential (commentary) - Washington Times
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Clinical Research "Undernourished" in U.S. Health System - Medscape 2004 (free login req.)
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Clinical Trials Cost No More Than Standard Care 2000/05/26 - ACS
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New Medicare policy will deny access to novel therapies, including treatments 
that win approval based on surrogate endpoints.  Click here to act
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Act Now: Support Full NIH Funding for Medical Research
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NCI Bypass Budget - NIH
 
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