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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

Carl H June, MD, FAACR – Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research June, a Fellow of the AACR Academy, is the Richard W Vague Professor in Immunotherapy, Director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, and Director of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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United Therapeutics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation For Treprostinil For The Treatment Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

The Pharma Data

It is characterized by progressive fibrosis, lung scarring, and a radiological pattern known as usual interstitial pneumonia, or UIP. National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, about 100,000 people are affected in the United States , and 30,000 to 40,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. According to the U.S.

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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The leaders in this space now are Foundation Medicine and Guardant360, which have a large number of FDA-approved companion diagnostic assays for different indications,” said Dr. Bahassi. FoundationOne ® Liquid CDx (Foundation Medicine; end-to-end commercial provider). Optimal methods for bioinformatic analysis are still needed.