Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer.

1/29/2008--Introduced.
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, public or nonprofit entities to establish and operate centers to conduct research on biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Designates each center as an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Center of Excellence.
Allows federal payments under such an agreement or grant to be used for research on:
(1) the development and characterization of new biomarkers and the refinement of existing biomarkers;
(2) the clinical and laboratory validation of such biomarkers;
(3) the development and implementation of clinical and epidemiological research on the utilization of such biomarkers; and
(4) the development and implementation of repositories for new tissue, urine, serum, and other biological specimens.
Requires the Director to:
(1) make available for research banked serum and tissue specimens from clinical research regarding ovarian cancer that was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
(2) establish an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Clinical Trial Committee, which shall be established and operated in consultation with the Gynecologic Oncology Group, to assist the Director to design and implement national clinical trials to determine the utility of such biomarkers; and
(3) establish a national data center to conduct statistical analyses of trial data.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
• and 18 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. B. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Elizabeth Dole [R, NC]
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
  • Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2569

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 29, 2008

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• Jan 29, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Jan 29, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S448)
• Introduced on Jan 29, 2008.

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March 02, 2008 Thanks Senator Menendez

I am really happy to report that on February 25,2008 Senator Menendez ( NJ) signed on as a cosponsor of S.2569 Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director

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Boxer (D-CA): "(Introducing S. 2569) Mr. President, today I am joined by my colleagues Senators DOLE, TESTER, MURRAY, WYDEN, CANTWELL, STABENOW, and OBAMA to introduce the Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008--legislation that ...

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January 28, 2008 Bill Action: Introduced: S. 2569: A bill to amend the Public ...

Barbara Boxer [D-CA] introduced S. 2569: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk ...

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