Bill > S4739

This bill, the Bolstering Research And Innovation Now Act (BRAIN Act), aims to advance research and improve awareness and access to specialized care for brain tumors. Key provisions include: 1. Establishing a searchable website to make information on National Institutes of Health-funded brain tumor biospecimen collections publicly accessible. 2. Creating the Glioblastoma Therapeutics Network to evaluate new treatments for glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain cancer, and the Brain Tumor CAR-T Team Science Award to support the development of CAR-T cell therapy approaches for brain tumors. 3. Launching a national public awareness campaign to educate healthcare providers and the public about the importance of clinical trials and biomarker testing in cancer treatment. 4. Funding pilot programs to develop, study, and evaluate approaches for monitoring and caring for adult and pediatric brain tumor survivors. 5. Requiring the FDA to issue guidance to help minimize the exclusion of brain tumor patients and patients with rare cancers from clinical trials evaluating treatments for other indications. The bill aims to strengthen brain tumor research and treatment development, as well as improve access to specialized brain tumor healthcare and clinical trials for patients.