THE JOHNS HOPKINS Kimmel Cancer Center received $10 million from Under Armour to help build a breast health center. The gift comes from the company's Power in Pink Campaign, and the facility will be named the Under Armour LiveWell Center.
ELI LILLY & COMPANY signed an agreement with Prasco Laboratories to market the authorized generic version of Evista (raloxifene hydrochloride tablets), in 60 mg strength in the U.S. Prasco will begin shipping the product immediately. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
THE ATHENA BREAST HEALTH NETWORK adopted the Health Level Seven International-approved guide for sharing electronic data for breast cancer treatment. The guide was developed by the American Society for Clinical Oncology and approved through HL7 to become a national data standard.
DAVID COLE was named president of The Medical University of South Carolina and its affiliated medical centers.
THE US ONCOLOGY NETWORK and the Community Oncology Alliance sponsored a “Virtual Hill Day” to persuade members of Congress to stop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from applying the sequester cut to Medicare payments for cancer care drugs.
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program is offering $25 million to support innovative, high-impact cancer research. This program is administered by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command through the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES elected 84 new members in recognition of their achievements in original research. The academy also elected 21 foreign associates from 15 countries. Foreign associates are nonvoting members from outside the U.S.
DWAIN MORRIS is leaving his job as vice president and chief financial officer of MD Anderson Cancer Center to become the chief financial officer for DiabetesAmerica, a multisite provider of comprehensive diabetes care.
GARETH MORGAN was named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy.
THE CONQUER CANCER FOUNDATION of the American Society of Clinical Oncology announced the recipients of the 2014 Merit Awards, Oncology Travel Trainee Awards, Medical Student Rotation Awards and Resident Travel Awards.
