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NJ AJR117
Joint Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
Alex Sauickie
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AI Summary
- Designates the third full week of May each year as "Clinical Trials Awareness Week" in New Jersey
- Designates May 20 each year as "Clinical Trials Volunteers Appreciation Day," commemorating the date in 1747 when British surgeon James Lind conducted the first randomized clinical trial on scurvy treatments
- Requests the Governor to annually issue a proclamation calling on public officials and citizens to observe both designations with appropriate programs and activities
- New Jersey conducted 4,967 clinical trials since 2004, with 792 trials in 2017 generating an estimated $880 million economic impact
- New Jersey ranks second nationally with 357 cancer drugs in development, behind only California's 388
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 Infrastructure
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee
2/12/2026
Committee Referrals
Health Infrastructure Committee2/12/2026
Full Bill Text
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