Trump signs order to use AI to accelerate pediatric cancer research

Shutdown precluded NCI officials from appearing at AACI/CCAF annual meeting

NCI officials were notably absent from the annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes and the Cancer Center Administrators Forum in Washington, DC, due to the government shutdown that started on Oct. 1.

Trump cuts IVF drug deal with Merck in exchange for tariff exemption

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA and its U.S. subsidiary, EMD Serono, to sharply reduce the cost of certain fertility drugs used for in-vitro fertilization, or IVF.

October 24, 2025

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By Claire Marie Porter

Podcast

Cliff Hudis on how AI in cancer care is “inevitable”—and ASCO is working to make it safer

“Our goal was very clear from the beginning, which was to develop a user-friendly simple chat-like interface that would provide specific high-quality answers to questions that our members would bring, utilizing only our content,” said Clifford A. Hudis, CEO of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and executive vice chair of the Conquer Cancer Foundation.

October 22, 2025

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Guest Editorial

Study finds no correlation between cancer burden in catchment areas and cancer centers’ CCSG funding

When the idea of looking at cancer center funding and the cancer burden of cancer center catchment areas came to us in the summer of 2024, we lived in a different context.

October 17, 2025

Vol.51 No.38

By Todd Burus, Caree McAfee and Pamela C. Hull

Drugs & Targets

ARPA-H selects Tempus as contract research organization for ADAPT Program

Tempus AI was selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to provide testing and contract research organization services in support of the agency’s Advanced Analysis for Precision Cancer Therapy program.

October 17, 2025

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