Amgen Inc. agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action suit filed by investors who bought the company's securities between April 2004 and May 2007.
JEFF ALLEN was named the president and CEO of Friends of Cancer Research. Ellen Sigal, founder of Friends, will continue with the organization as board chair. Marlene Malek, former president of Friends, will become the vice-chair. Allen will lead the day-to-day scientific and policy programs and organizational operations at Friends. He will also direct strategic... […]
ROBERT COMIS, professor of medicine at Drexel University, will step down from his position as group co-chair of ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. His departure, effective Feb. 28, 2019, will coincide with the end of ECOG-ACRIN’s current National Clinical Trials Network Operations Center U10 grant award from the NCI. Comis chaired the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group... […]
THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai established the Center for Computational and Systems Pathology to use computer science and mathematical techniques coupled with microscope technology and artificial intelligence to change pathology practice. The goal of this new academic research facility is to explore efforts to more accurately classify... […]
NOVARTIS said FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to LEE011 (ribociclib), in combination with letrozole, for the treatment of hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer. LEE011 is a selective cyclin dependent kinase (CDK4/6) inhibitor.
MONTEFIORE HEALTH SYSTEM and SBH Health System signed a letter of intent, agreeing to explore a closer integrated relationship, further strengthening a partnership that has served the Bronx for years. The two health systems already have a long tradition of sharing: SBH’s Level 1 Trauma Center and stroke and AIDS care are complemented by Montefiore’s... […]
THE CANCER PREVENTION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS awarded 26 new grants totaling just over $61.5 million. Twelve of the grants were made through CPRIT’s academic research program, including five CPRIT Scholars recruitment grants, and 14 through its prevention program. To date, CPRIT has awarded 1,059 grants totaling more than $1.64 billion since 2009, when... […]
The PEYTON ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, Navicent Health in Macon, GA, joined the Winship Cancer Network of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. The Winship Cancer Network brings together a group of health systems and hospitals with Winship, the first and only NCI-designated cancer center in the state. In addition to the Peyton Anderson Cancer... […]
SCRIPPS HEALTH of San Diego and MD Anderson Cancer Center reached a partnership agreement to create Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center, a comprehensive and clinically integrated cancer care program in San Diego. Scripps joins the MD Anderson Cancer Network, a global collaborative network of hospitals and health care systems Scripps MD Anderson will be overseen... […]
JANSSEN BIOTECH Inc. submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application for daratumumab (Darzalex) to FDA. The application seeks to expand the current indication, using daratumumab in combination with lenalidomide (an immunomodulatory agent) and dexamethasone, or bortezomib (a proteasome inhibitor [PI]) and dexamethasone, for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one... […]
