3.0.0 2569 2023-01-11T13:15:10Z 2023-01-11T13:15:10Z Senate S S 2008-01-29 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-01-30T00:00:22Z Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2007 110 3689 HR 2007-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-01-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-01-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S448) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-01-29 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2008-01-29 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-01-29 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-01-29 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-01-29 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-01-29 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-01-29 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-01-30 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-01-31 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2008-02-12 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-02-25 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-02-25 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-04-17 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-04-17 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-04-29 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2008-06-10 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-06-16 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-06-23 False Health Blood banks Clinical trials Data banks Economics and Public Finance Epidemiology Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Government Operations and Politics Laboratories Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Nonprofit organizations Ovarian cancer Research centers Research grants Risk Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Tissue banks Urinalysis Women Women's health Health 00 2008-01-29 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-04T19:24:52Z Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, public or nonprofit entities to establish and operate centers to conduct research on biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Designates each center as an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Center of Excellence.

Allows federal payments under such an agreement or grant to be used for research on: (1) the development and characterization of new biomarkers and the refinement of existing biomarkers; (2) the clinical and laboratory validation of such biomarkers; (3) the development and implementation of clinical and epidemiological research on the utilization of such biomarkers; and (4) the development and implementation of repositories for new tissue, urine, serum, and other biological specimens.

Requires the Director to: (1) make available for research banked serum and tissue specimens from clinical research regarding ovarian cancer that was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) establish an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Clinical Trial Committee, which shall be established and operated in consultation with the Gynecologic Oncology Group, to assist the Director to design and implement national clinical trials to determine the utility of such biomarkers; and (3) establish a national data center to conduct statistical analyses of trial data.

]]> Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 Display Title Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2569is/xml/BILLS-110s2569is.xml 2008-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.