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# Cancer Moonshot Initiative Aims to Spend $1 Billion
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/cancer-moonshot-initiative-aims-to-spend-1-billion/
- Published: 2016-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T02:32:16.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5134618

> The Obama Administration is aiming to spend upwards of $1 billion on vice president **Joe Biden**’s cancer moonshot initiative ([see earlier story](https://www.fdaweb.com/fda-nih-and-nci-on-cancer-moonshot-task-force/)). Already, $200 million was included in December’s omnibus spending package, and another $755 million will be sought 2/9 when the president presents his FY 2017 budget proposal.  
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> Last week, the White House announced the creation of its Cancer Moonshot Task Force with representatives from 13 government agencies, including FDA, National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute. According to a [task force memo](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/28/memorandum-white-house-cancer-moonshot-task-force?ref=fdaweb.com), the group will “focus on making the most of Federal investments, targeted incentives, private sector efforts from industry and philanthropy, patient engagement initiatives, and other mechanisms to support cancer research and enable progress in treatment and care...The Task Force shall work with a wide array of executive departments and agencies that have responsibility for key issues related to basic, translational, and clinical research, therapy development, regulation of medical products, and medical care related to cancer.”  
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> Announcing the funding proposal, Biden said the task force will “make sure we’re making the most of investments, of our research and data, our supercomputing capabilities, our targeted incentives, private-sector efforts, and patient-engagement initiatives. Because ultimately, as the federal government, our job is to break down silos and bring people together who are doing the most cutting-edge work. Our job is to clear out the bureaucratic hurdles — and let science happen. And we’re going to continue to call on families, researchers, and physicians all across the country to join this effort and rise to the challenge.”