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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website

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The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website

JANUARY 25, 2025 11:35 AM ET
By Sydney Lupkin


Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration website.
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

The Food and Drug Administration has removed webpages about diversity and inclusion in clinical trials for cancer drugs.

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.

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