Walter J. (Wally) Curran, Jr. said he would step down as executive director of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University to serve as the global chief medical officer of GenesisCare, an international group described as “the world’s largest provider of radiation oncology care and a major global provider of other medical services.”
In April 2025, announcements from the two most influential biomedical agencies in the US, the FDA and the NIH, declared that both will seek to reduce and minimize animal-based testing and experimentation. These declarations sparked joy in some circles, and deep concern in others that was reflected in a 28% fall in the share price of Charles River Labs (NYSE: NYSE:CRL).
