BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL Inc. and Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc. signed a licensing agreement in which BDSI grants exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Onsolis (fentanyl buccal soluble film) in the U.S. to Collegium. Onsolis is an opioid agonist indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients 18 years of age and older who are […]
CITY OF HOPE received a $2.3 million R01 research project grant from NCI to fund studies associated with a phase I/II clinical trial in relapsed/refractory adult acute myeloid leukemia. The research team will be led by Steven Rosen, City of Hope’s provost and chief scientific officer. The phase II clinical trial will test 8-chloro-adenosine in […]
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY BENJAMIN CENTER presented its annual Gilda Award Gala in Los Angeles. The organization honored actress Frances Fisher with the Gilda Award; CSC advocate Joyce Green with the Wellness Award; and City of Hope’s Matthew Loscalzo with the Harold H. Benjamin Innovation Award. The event was hosted by John Sencio, a national television […]
CANCERCARE published a report illustrating the physical, emotional, financial, practical and informational needs cancer patients experience during and after clinical treatment. The 2016 Patient Access and Engagement Report analyzed more than 3,000 patients in ethnicity, income, education, geography, age, insurance, cancer type and treatment stage—and evaluated their understanding of their diagnosis and access to care, […]
STAND UP TO CANCER published a series of Certification for Nursing Education training modules, with the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing, focused on immunotherapy. The first web-based CNE modules will be available in July. In its first round, the program will seek to train 25 nurses working in immunotherapy. The program was […]
TOM ANDRUS was named chief digital officer and executive vice president of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Most recently, Andrus was general manager and senior vice president of AXS.com, a division of AEG, building a new ticketing company. Previously, he was senior vice president of product at MySpace, where he led the product, design, mobile, and […]
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY and CVS Health announced a three-year, $3.6 million initiative to provide grants to 125 institutions of higher learning to help accelerate and expand the number of 100 percent smoke- and tobacco-free college and university campuses throughout the United States.
THE CANADIAN CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS NETWORK unveiled a new national campaign to raise awareness of cancer clinical trials in Canada, ahead of International Clinical Trials Day on May 20. The Ask Me Campaign will be introduced at more than 60 cancer centers across Canada and include hospital staff wearing “Ask Me” buttons, as well as... […]
DAVID WEINER received the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Professorship for Cancer Research. Weiner is executive vice president of The Wistar Institute and director of The Wistar Institute Vaccine Center. The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust is a private foundation established through the will of William Wikoff Smith. The Trust provides grants in three areas: medical research... […]
RICHARD O’REILLY was named the inaugural recipient of The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Prize. This new award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric oncology. O’Reilly is chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at MSK. He pioneered the development of... […]
