June 13, 2022. We strongly support FDA’s proposed recommendations which provide specific, actionable guidance for sponsors to develop a meaningful Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan. For too long, clinically meaningful disparities in the efficacy of drugs or therapies in minority populations have been hidden by a lack of data. However, this draft proposal should go further by providing meaningful incentives for sponsors to follow the recommendations.
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Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a common form of cancer in men and is one of the leading cancer killers. Black men are disproportionately affected. They are often diagnosed at younger ages, with more advanced stages of cancer, with more aggressive cancers, and they may be more likely to need screening. Some of the differences in rates of survival between Black and White men may be due to differences in access to medical care.
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