THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Carbone Cancer Center was elected as the 27th member institution of NCCN. “UWCCC’s esteemed cancer center indeed brings unique attributes to the alliance, particularly its comprehensive palliative care program which includes an in-patient unit and consultation service, children’s hospital consultative service, and an outpatient onco-palliative care clinic,” said Robert Carlson, CEO... […]
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER and TESARO Inc. announced a collaboration to discover and develop small molecule product candidates against immuno-oncology targets, through the cancer center’s Institute for Applied Cancer Science. Under the agreement, TESARO will receive exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize any small molecule product candidates that result from this collaboration. MD Anderson... […]
HYUNDAI HOPE ON WHEELS announced four $1 million grants to Children’s Oncology Group institutions: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and the University of Florida. Through the Hyundai Quantum Grant, each institution will receive $250,000 per year over the course of four years to fund their research on... […]
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY launched the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, with $125 million in donations. The institute was founded with two $50 million donations, one from former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, and one from philanthropist Sidney Kimmel. An additional $25 million was raised from other supporters. Drew Pardoll will serve as the institute’s... […]
GREG SIMON was named executive director of the national moonshot cancer initiative by Vice President Joe Biden. Previously, he helped start the charity FasterCures in 2003. In 2009, he became senior vice president for patient engagement at Pfizer. Most recently, he was chief executive of Poliwogg, a financial services company. Simon was diagnosed with leukemia... […]
PETER PAUL YU was named physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute. Yu, a medical oncologist and hematologist, comes to Hartford HealthCare from Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California, where he has worked since 1989. Since 2008, he has served as the organization’s director of cancer research. In 2015, Yu served as president of the... […]
DINAH SINGER and WARREN KIBBE were named acting deputy directors of NCI.
MAHA HUSSAIN will join the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University as associate director for clinical sciences research, effective Sept. 1.
Matthew Ong, associate editor of The Cancer Letter, was selected as a finalist in the 2015 Best in Business Awards for Outstanding Business Journalism. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers recognized Ong’s series, “How Medical Devices Do Harm,” as the first runner up in the Print Weeklies/Biweeklies Investigative category. In a two-year investigation, […]
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER submitted its plan to comply with Senate Bill 11, a state law commonly known as Campus Carry, to the University of Texas System and its Board of Regents, as a public institution of higher education. Under the bill, any individual holding a valid concealed handgun license will be allowed to carry […]
