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#FDA initiative for #diversity in #cancer studies disappears

The FDA has removed webpages about #diversity & #inclusion in #ClinicalTrials for #CancerDrugs.

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.

[this makes no sense scientifically]
#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #DEI #law #Health
npr.org/sections/shots-health-

US #doctors are rationing lifesaving #cancer #drugs amid dire shortage
The country is in the grips of a dire shortage of cheap, generic #platinum-based #cancerdrugs used to treat various cancers in hundreds of thousands of US patients each year—patients with lung, breast, bladder, ovarian, testicular, endometrial, and head and neck cancers, and others. The shortage could lead to preventable deaths, and it's unclear when it will end. arstechnica.com/health/2023/06 #healthcare