Lymphoma Research Foundation awards over $5.7M in grants

OMB draft rule politicizing research should be rescinded, House Dems urge in a letter to Bhattacharya

Democratic leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are urging NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to voice objections to a proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget that would give the administration unprecedented political control over government-funded science.

Lymphoma Research Foundation awards $4M in grants to 24 scientists

The Lymphoma Research Foundation has awarded 24 research grants totaling $3.9 million to support investigations to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

Funding Opportunities

The Foundation for AIDS Research opens RFP to fund non-HIV cancer research

Historically, the research initiatives of the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) have focused on finding a cure for HIV. Four decades of HIV research have reshaped our understanding of the immune system, and insights from HIV have been leveraged in adjacent fields, including cancer immunology. Innovation can be bi-directional and reciprocal. Seminal findings in cancer immunology have also furthered understanding of HIV biology.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

Clinical Roundup

Jaypirca + venetolax + rituximab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 45% in r/r CLL/SLL, phase III BRUIN CLL-322 trial finds

Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib), a non-covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor, plus a two-year venetoclax and rituximab regimen versus venetoclax and rituximab in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 45% (HR=0.55 [95% CI, 0.40-0.75]; p=0.0001), according to the results of the phase III BRUIN CLL-322 trial. The study met its primary endpoint of independent review committee-assessed progression-free survival.

June 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.24

Clinical Roundup

Vispa-cel well-tolerated in second-line large B cell lymphoma, ANTLER phase I study finds

Vispa-cel, an off-the-shelf CD19-targeted CAR-T cell therapy, produced durable long-term responses in patients enrolled in the ANTLER phase I clinical trial for relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with the potential to bring the benefit of cell therapy to patients who lack curative options.

June 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.24

Capitol Hill

House bill gives NCI $7.4 billion in FY 2027—$110 million above current budget

On June 9, the House Appropriations Committee passed its version of the fiscal year 2027 spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

June 12, 2026

Vol.52 No.23

By Paul Goldberg