PRNewswire -- A new national initiative, the Pediatric Trials Network (PTN), was created this week with a $95 million grant supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The PTN will be led through collaboration between the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and several of the country's preeminent pediatric medical centers, including Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.