In Brief

A story in the March 19 issue of The Cancer Letter stated that the deadline for project proposals—from intramural and extramural investigators applying for clinical grade vector and cell therapy product manufacturing at Frederick National Laboratory—is in July 2021. According to updated information from NCI, the next deadline is June 15. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.people-thumb + p > span.has-red-100-color, .people-thumb + p >... […]

Hackensack Meridian Health and the Genomic Testing Cooperative are establishing a genomic profiling laboratory called Anthology Diagnostics, to generate more personalized, precise, and real-time insights for cancer patients, oncologists and hospitals. 

Stand Up To Cancer, Exact Sciences, and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx are collaborating on a public service announcement to raise awareness about colorectal cancer screenings, early detection and prevention.

McKesson has launched ScriptPAS, a pharmacy management solution for oncology practices powered by Biologics by McKesson specialty pharmacy.

Eight nonprofits have received a total of $450,000 from Novartis through the company’s STEP Program.

Xiongbin Lu was named co-leader of the Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Regina Bou Puerto and Mijin Kim, Sloan Kettering Institute researchers, were named 2021 Marie-Josée Kravis Women in Science Endeavor (Kravis WiSE) fellowship grant recipients.

Saint Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has announced one of the first cloud-based data management platforms in the country to identify, track, follow and monitor patients with pancreatic cysts.

Hans Clevers will receive the the Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Cancer Research at the 2021 virtual AACR annual meeting. 

Sarah Hawley was named associate director for training, education and career development at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center.