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You might think of this as an event isolated to Columbus or central Ohio:

On Feb. 7, OhioHealth, a health system that operates not-for-profit, faith-based hospitals in central Ohio and competes with Ohio State University, said it would join the outreach network of MD Anderson Cancer Center, located almost 1,200 miles away.

	Conversation with The Cancer Letter McKinsey Charge: Create Plan To Expand MD Anderson’s Reach Responding to questions from The Cancer Letter, Jim Newman, director of external communications at MD Anderson, confirmed that the presentation obtained by The Cancer Letter was prepared under a contract by McKinsey & Company.
	CVS to Stop Tobacco Sales at Pharmacies CVS Caremark plans to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores by Oct. 1. The country’s largest drug store chain in overall sales estimated that it will forego approximately $2 billion—about 17 cents per share—in revenues on an annual basis from snuffing out Big T.
	Drug Development Tivozanib Trial Discontinued Due to Insufficient Enrollment AVEO Oncology and Astellas Pharma Inc. discontinued a phase II study of tivozanib in locally recurrent or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer due to insufficient enrollment.
	In Brief Wendy Selig elected president Of NCCR board of directors Dana-Farber Receives $900,000 for ovarian cancer research Richard Folkers named director of communications for the Foundation for the NIH Sarah Cannon to integrate cancer programs with HealthONE hospitals Amgen and Merck to collaborate on oncolytic immunotherapy Univ. of Pittsburgh selects GenomAnalytics platform for TGCA data Health Canada approves Aptima HPV assay Definiens and Clarient sign agreement over image analysis software

20140131 - Jan 31, 2014

ISSUE 5 – JAN. 31, 2014

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Congress Mandates NIH Cut PR Costs, Coordinate Spending on Communications

Congressional appropriators instructed NIH to cut spending on communications activities and coordinate the broad range of activities that fall under the category of public relations.

The mandate is a part of the report that accompanied the recently passed appropriations bill.

	IPRI’s Peter Boyle on Closing the Gap In Global Cancer Treatment and Outcomes The International Prevention Research Institute has published “The State of Oncology 2013,” a report that highlights disparate cancer outcomes between higher- and lower-resource countries and proposes long-term recommendations.
	President Calls For Reversing Cuts to Basic Research Budget In his state of the union address to Congress Jan. 28, President Barack Obama called for reversing the cuts made to basic research in the federal budget.
	Drasga, Einhorn Make Appeal For Single-Payer Healthcare In a feature article published in the Journal of Oncology Practice, oncologists Ray Drasga and Lawrence Einhorn called for their colleagues to endorse single-payer healthcare. The journal is published by the American Society for Clinical Oncology.
	ACS, SU2C Commit $20 Million For Lung Cancer Dream Team The American Cancer Society and Stand Up To Cancer announced a collaboration to fund translational research and advocacy programs.
	In Brief Indiana University cancer center receives $15 million pledge from Vera Bradley Foundation Hope Funds for Cancer Research announce James D. Watson Award Dept. of Defense offers $580 million in medical research funding Justin Klamerus named chief quality officer at Karmanos Cancer Institute Angela Davies named chief medical officer of Champions Oncology UCSF and Quest Diagnostics form collaboration John Porter to receive Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences
	FDA News FDA lifts clinical hold on tosedostat U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issues final opinion on Pixuvri

20140124 - Jan 24, 2014

ISSUE 4 – JAN. 24, 2014

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Conversation with The Cancer Letter:
Seffrin To Retire After Restructuring ACS

The American Cancer Society has started a search to replace its chief executive officer, John Seffrin.

Seffrin, who became the CEO in 1992, recently completed streamlining of the society’s organizational structure, eliminating the autonomy of divisions, decreasing the number of board members, and making the century-old organization into a single corporate entity.

ASCO, COA Present Plans For Cancer Care
Beyond the Fee-for-Service Pay Structure

The Community Oncology Alliance and the American Society of Clinical Oncology issued a joint statement on payment reform in cancer care and proposed alternative approaches to paying for cancer care.

Komen Officials Say Charity is Stabilizing Despite 22 Percent Drop in Contributions

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation reported a 22 percent decline in contributions in fiscal 2013—totalling over $77 million—in recent financial statements.

Overall, the charity’s revenues fell by 18 percent from the 2012 fiscal year.

FDA News

Reagent system approved for the prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease
FDA launches advisory committee membership nomination web portal
Orphan designation granted to BL-8040 for stem cell mobilization
EU CHMP issues positive opinion for Roche’s subcutaneous MabThera

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