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... […]
SEAN PARKER received the Pontifical Key Philanthropy Award at the Vatican, presented by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, and Robin Smith, president of the Stem for Life Foundation. This recognition was announced during The Third International Conference on the Progress of Regenerative Medicine and Its Cultural Impact, held in Vatican... […]
THE PERSHING SQUARE SOHN Cancer Research Alliance announced seven winners of the third annual Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research. Each will receive $200,000 in funding per year for up to three years. In addition to six winners funded by the alliance, a partnership with The New York Community Trust supported... […]
CureSearch for Children's Cancer began taking applications for its International Grand Challenge Awards addressing three challenges in pediatric cancer treatment. The awards will be worth between $2 million and $3 million.
The National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
FDA issued final regulations for all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, cigars and hookah. The rules, with provisions aimed at restricting youth access and requiring premarket clearance for new products, will take effect Aug. 8.
DOUGLAS LEVINE was named director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, effective May 15. Levine joins NYU Langone from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he served as an attending physician and head of the Gynecology Research Laboratory. He also served as... […]
The Clinical Cancer Letter received a rebuttal letter for publication from the GOG Foundation and its president, Philip DiSaia, regarding the article “Study: Reolysin-Paclitaxel Combination Demonstrates Higher Response Than Paclitaxel Therapy Alone” which appeared in the March 2016 issue.
FDA granted accelerated approval to Venclexta tablets (venetoclax) for patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with 17p deletion, as detected by an FDA-approved test, who have received at least one prior therapy.
