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Town Hall @ Yale Unversity
 On October 22, Friends of Cancer Research, Yale Cancer Center, and Yale-New Haven Hospital co-sponsored a public town hall forum entitled, "Discovery to Delivery: A Public Forum about the Future of Cancer Research." Susan Dentzer, Health Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, moderated the panel of experts, which included Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach... [read more]
Town Hall @ Ohio State
 Over 300 researchers, patients, health care professionals, and other cancer research advocates piled into the state-of-the-art Biomedical Research Tower at Ohio State University on October 1 to hear discussion on the future of cancer research. The public forum, which was co-sponsored by the Ohio State University Cancer Center and Friends, was moderated by Susan Dentzer, a highly respected journalist and the health correspondent for PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer... [read more]
Cancer Research
Educational Day on Capitol Hill
On
May 9, 2006, Friends joined the American Association
for Cancer Research (AACR), the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI)
to host the third-annual educational
hill day. Cancer researchers, scientists, and patients gathered in
Washington, D.C. to educate members of Congress and their staffs about the
need to seize current scientific opportunities to maximize progress against
cancer. This years theme coincided with AACRs Centennial
Anniversary, celebrating 100 years of progress. For more details,
including pictures from the event, please see the May Newsletter.
View the Friends of Cancer Research
10th Anniversary Video
Featuring NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Former CEO of
Paramount Pictures, Sherry Lansing, The Honorable John Edward
Porter, Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, CEO of
AACR Dr. Margaret Foti, Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson,
and EIF President and CEO Lisa Paulsen, among others.
[View Video]
Drug Safety Briefing:
"Drug Safety: Defining Safe"
On
March 21st,
Friends hosted an educational congressional
briefing on Capitol Hill entitled Drug Safety: Defining Safe. Featuring
introductory remarks from Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO), the briefing
included expert panelists Dr. Robert Young, President of Fox Chase
Cancer Center; Dr. Mark McClellan, Former Administrator of CMS & Former
Commissioner of FDA; Dr. Janet Woodcock, Deputy Commissioner and Chief
Medical Officer of FDA; and patient advocate Dan Perry, Executive Director
of The Alliance for Aging. Susan Dentzer of The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer on PBS
moderated
this important discussion. For a more detailed summary, please see the
April newsletter.
Friends Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Benefit at the Four Seasons
Hotel
 Friends
of Cancer Research hosted a
special 10th Anniversary Benefit on November
15, 2006, at The Four Seasons Hotel in Washington D.C. Honorees
included:
Andrew
von Eschenbach, M.D., Acting Commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration; The Honorable Arlen Specter (R-PA); The Honorable John Dingell (D-MI),; The Honorable Deborah Pryce
(R-OH); Lucy Fisher & Douglas Wick, Red Wagon Entertainment Award-winning
movie producers whose credits include Gladiator, Stuart Little, Working
Girl, and Memoirs of A Geisha; Janet & Jerry Zucker, Zucker Productions
Award-winning producers and director whose credits include Ghost, My Best
Friends Wedding, Airplane, Rat Race, The Naked Gun, and
First Knight.
Pictures and an event summary are available through
December's
newsletter.
Saks Fifth
Avenue Key to the Cure Shopping Weekend Benefits Friends of
Cancer Research
 Saks Fifth Avenue's KEY TO THE
CURE Charity Shopping Weekend was held this past weekend, October 12-October 15 at the Tysons Galleria Saks store. A percentage of proceeds from
purchases will go directly towards our efforts to continue
our mission in raising awareness and providing education on the
importance of cancer research. The shopping weekend
festivities included trunk shows, fashion presentations, and a
raffle with wonderful prizes like a $500 Saks gift certificate,
a night at the Park Hyatt, etc. See our October Newsletter for a
detailed report.
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Friday, April 18
Too Few Funds to Fight Cancer in U.S.
Dr. Robert Weiner and Patricia Berg published an oped in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the shortage of funding for cancer research...[read the full article here]
Saturday, April 12
Friends Chair to Receive AACR Award
 "The AACR Awards Program recognizes the finest and most promising investigators in all fields of cancer research," said AACR Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.). "During our Annual Meeting, AACR is pleased to honor the dedication and work of such influential researchers and advocates who continue to shape the future of cancer research."
Friends' chair, Dr. Ellen V. Sigal, has been named the 2nd recipient of the annual AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research. See her acceptance speech here...
Thursday, September 27
PDUFA Signed by President
This week the United States Congress reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) as a component of The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, legislation that will go a long way toward making the drug evaluation and research component of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stronger and more efficient... [read more]
8.10.07 Boston Globe Publishes Letter to the Editor from Friends
[Read the Letter]
5.31.07 USA Today Publishes Letter to the editor from Friends
Chair Dr. Ellen Sigal and Fox Chase President Dr. Robert Young
[Read the USA Today letter]
> Read "Two Sides of the Same
Coin" Drug Safety White Paper Report mentioned in the USA Today
article [Read
Drug Safety Report]
5.12.07 Published: Friends Chair Ellen Sigal among authors in
AACR
Journal
of
Clinical Cancer Research
5.09.07 On the Hill: Friends Co-hosts "A Century of Progress in
Cancer Research" Educational Day on the Hill [more]
5.09.07 Congressional Testimony: Friends Chair Gives
Congressional Testimony at House Energy & Commerce Hearing on
Drug Safety [Read the full
testimony]
4.26.07 Tribute: Friends Board Member
Jack Valenti Dies at 85 [Read Friends Tribute to Jack Valenti]
4.18.07 Drug Safety
Update: Senate HELP Committee
approves the Kennedy-Enzi
sponsored drug safety bill, S1082.
4.15.07
AACR Centennial
Celebration and Annual Meeting: On Sunday April 15th
at the American Association for Cancer Researchs Annual Meeting and
Centennial Celebration, Friends Chair and Founder Ellen Sigal
received a Centennial Medal of Honor presented to ten individuals,
one for each decade celebrating a century of leadership in science.
4.11.07 Friends and
University of Michigan host town hall on cancer prevention and early
detection featuring Congressman John Dingell, FDA Commissioner
Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, and NCI Director Dr. John Niederhuber as
well as several leading cancer researchers, experts, and patients.
> Watch the recorded webcast:
http://www.mcancer.org/webcast
3.21.07 Friends
Hosts Briefing on Drug Safety
3.12.07
IOM Forum Friends Chair Dr. Ellen Sigal presented along with
former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and Former FDA Commissioner Mark
McClellan in a Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Drug Safety.
For more information, please visit
http://www.iom.edu/?id=40997
 3.12.07 Drug
Safety Report: Patients, Scientists, and Advocates Speak Out on
Drug Safety... Friends is part of a committee that released a report
on drug safety today. For the more information, including the full
report, please visit:
www.focr.org/drugsafetyreport.htm
2.25.07 79th Academy Awards:
Friends Board Member Sherry Lansing Receives Honorary Oscar
[Friends Press Release]
on Appearing in Tom Cruise's introduction of Sherry Lansing
[Oscar.com]:
Sherry personally thanks Friends Chair and
Founder Ellen Sigal on the oscar.com "thank-you cam"
[Special Tribute]:
See Friends' special tribute in Sherry's
involvement in Friends over the last decade
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