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We’ve asked for another $800 million, all of it this time to fight against cancer.
What I Said to the Largest Convening of Cancer Researchers in the Country Yesterday:
Vice President Biden
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This is in the ballpark. The White House Cancer Moonshot budget fact sheet, released on Feb. 1, 2016, says the Obama administration has requested nearly $800 million in additional fiscal year 2017 funds to support the Cancer Moonshot effort; more here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/01/fact-sheet-investing-national-cancer-moonshot. Approximately $680 million is proposed for the National Institutes of Health and approximately $75 million for the Food and Drug Administration. Additional funding is also being proposed for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. More details about these investments can be found here:
and here:
http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm485144.htm
