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The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov.

Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at OPM.gov.

Recent Priority Lists

The BPCA priority list consists of key therapeutic needs in the medical treatment of children and adolescents.

New therapeutic areas are selected for discussion and further prioritization. The following are priority lists for recent years:

BPCA's first priority list included off-patent drugs that needed further study. It was published in 2003 in the Federal Register. The list was updated annually through 2006. BPCA continues to publish a Federal Register notice for each priority list, when necessary.

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