Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Food and Drug Administration, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Résumé

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to set forth an agreement between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop strategic plans, set priorities, and leverage resources and expertise from multiple sources, including the private sector, toward the goal of improving the clinical utility of biomarker technologies as diagnostic and assessment tools that facilitate the development of safer and more effective cancer therapies. This collaboration among FDA, NCI, and CMS shall be known as the Oncology Biomarker Qualification Initiative.