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AVEO Oncology, EUSA Pharma announce updated interim results from phase II portion of the TiNivo study in renal cell carcinoma

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AVEO Oncology, EUSA Pharma announce updated interim results from phase II portion of the TiNivo study in renal cell carcinoma

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The Directors: Tom Lynch and Skip Burris on how NIH funding cuts imperil biopharma innovation—and cost patient livesIn a time of uncertainty, “react to the knowns, not the fear”

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The Directors: Tom Lynch and Skip Burris on how NIH funding cuts imperil biopharma innovation—and cost patient lives
In a time of uncertainty, “react to the knowns, not the fear”

Grilled by Congress, Kennedy defends NIH and NCI budget cuts, freezes, and RIFs
To avoid “offending” pharma, NCI doesn’t study the causes of early-onset colon cancer, HHS secretary incorrectly alleges

Kennedy’s claims notwithstanding, NCI clinical trials are delayed, enrollments reduced
NCI’s Steven A. Rosenberg: “Almost all patients are getting delayed by about a month, but then again, we’re turning away more patients.”

First exhibit at Museum of Medicine and Biomedical Discovery to focus on the history of cancer research
From despair to discovery to triumph