Few Pediatric Cancer Drugs Reach Phase 3 or Approval

Published Date: 16 May 2026

Fewer than one out of five anticancer drugs that entered pediatric clinical testing advanced to phase 3 trials, and fewer still earned pediatric regulatory approval, according to recent analysis.

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