The Biden Cancer Initiative has announced that multiple healthcare organizations — including BreastCancerTrials.org, IBM Watson Health, Massive Bio and Syapse — are creating a shared platform called the Oncology Clinical Trial Information Commons, which will help cancer patients to know their clinical trial options.
"Unfortunately, the announcement lacked many specific actions to effectively implement the initiative," Biden wrote in a Forbes commentary. "I agree with the administration's stated goals, but real action is needed — and now is the time."
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