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NJ AJR43
Joint Resolution
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Alex Sauickie
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AI Summary
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Designates the third full week of May each year as "Clinical Trials Awareness Week" in New Jersey to promote public awareness and understanding of clinical trials in modern medicine
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Designates May 20 of each year as "Clinical Trials Volunteers Appreciation Day" in New Jersey, commemorating the date in 1747 when James Lind conducted the first randomized clinical trial
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Requests the Governor to annually issue a proclamation calling on public officials and citizens to observe both occasions with appropriate programs and activities
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Recognizes New Jersey's significant role in pharmaceutical research, noting the state hosted 792 clinical trials in 2017 with an estimated $880 million economic impact and ranks second nationally with 357 cancer drugs in development
Legislative Description
Designates third full week of May of each year as "Clinical Trials Awareness Week" and May 20 of each year as "Clinical Trials Volunteers Appreciation Day" in NJ.
Health
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
1/9/2024