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UChicago receives $75M from AbbVie Foundation for construction of the cancer care and research pavilion

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UChicago Medicine received a $75 million donation from the AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit focused on advancing health equity, to help fund the construction of the new cancer care and research pavilion.

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