Few rare patient populations are as vulnerable and in need of advocacy as
children with cancer. Pharmaceutical companies face many disincentives challenges to pursue
pediatric oncolytics, including low incidence,, uniqueness of mechanisms relative to adult indications, and lack of
funding for early-stage research.
Artisan is leveraging the deep preclinical domain expertise of the Children’s Cancer Therapy
Development Institute, cc-TDI, to reverse the drug approvals for pediatric cancer. Our goal is to support advancement of transformational candidates to the clinic for pediatric indications on a routine basis.
The Children’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute (cc-TDI) has since spent more than a
decade devoted to the research of rare, aggressive, and difficult-to-treat pediatric cancers,
supported by NIH, foundation-level grants, and proactive individuals & families.