NCI advisors approve recompetition of $62 million phase II contracts program.
Also AIDS Malignancy Consortium grants to be consolidated on recompetition to one central group chairman’s office.
Advisors approve set-aside for alternative medicine “best case series.”
HHS bans tobacco from its campuses, opens national quitline, 1-800-QUITNOW.
Two founding cancer center directors step down: Harold Moses at Vanderbilt-Ingram and Charles Coltman at CTRC.
Funding opportunities listed.
November issue of Business & Regulatory Report, an additional 8 pages, included in this issue.
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