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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Many children are affected by childhood cancers, |
| 3 | | including acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL), which is the most |
| 4 | | common type of childhood cancer; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, 98% of children with ALL go into remission within |
| 6 | | weeks of starting treatment,
and approximately 90% of those |
| 7 | | children can be cured (in remission for 10 years) with proper |
| 8 | | treatment; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Vincristine is a low-cost chemotherapy medication |
| 10 | | that has proven effective in
treating childhood cancers, |
| 11 | | including ALL, and is frequently used to treat childhood
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| 12 | | cancers; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, According to the FDA, production issues with the |
| 14 | | sole supplier of vincristine may
lead to a months-long |
| 15 | | shortage; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Shortages of vincristine may lead to rationing, |
| 17 | | patients being forced to
skip doses, or patients receiving |
| 18 | | lower doses than optimal, which may decrease the effectiveness
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| 19 | | of treatment; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Studies have shown that approximately 65% of |
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| 1 | | pediatric hematologists and
oncologists had patients who were |
| 2 | | affected by drug shortages; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, A survey of hospitals has found that, on average, |
| 4 | | hospitals in the United States
dedicate more than 8.6 million |
| 5 | | additional labor hours annually to manage drug
shortages, |
| 6 | | creating a financial impact of nearly $360 million; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Children's Oncology Group, a clinical trials |
| 8 | | group supported by the National
Cancer Institute which is the |
| 9 | | world's largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric |
| 10 | | cancer
research, has called for intervention by governments to |
| 11 | | combat future drug shortages; therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 14 | | we urge all stakeholders to work
together in a cooperative |
| 15 | | fashion to not only resolve the current production issues |
| 16 | | effecting vincristine but also
to further examine strategies to |
| 17 | | combat critical drug shortages; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 19 | | delivered to Governor Pritzker, all U.S. Senators, and all U.S. |
| 20 | | Representatives.
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