29th Annual Cancer Leadership Awards

September 17, 2025
Washington, DC
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) Annual Cancer Leadership Awards bring together leaders in government, advocacy, industry, and science to celebrate partnerships and innovations that benefit patients. We hope you can join us for this exciting evening celebrating the research your support has made possible.

For information about sponsoring this event, please contact Linda Ostermann at lostermann@focr.org.

To view our sponsorship opportunities, click here.

Our 2025 Sponsors 


Innovators

Pennie and Gary Abramson
The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation
Galena-Yorktown Foundation
Marlene A. Malek
 
Ellen and Gerry Sigal 

 

Champions

AstraZeneca 
Bristol Myers Squibb 
The Ken and Ginny Grunley Family Trust
Pfizer 
PhRMA 
 

Collaborators

American Association for Cancer Research 
American Society of Clinical Oncology  
BeiGene USA 
GRAIL 
Lilly 
Tempus 

 

Partners

Jeff Allen and Kevin Kenney
American Clinical Laboratory Association
Amgen Inc.
Eisai, Inc.
Genentech Inc, Member of the Roche Group
Genmab US
Sandi Hoffman Special Events
Lynne Zydowsky

 

Supporters

AdvaMed
BGR Group  
Biodesix Inc. 
ConcertAI 
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Roche Diagnostics
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins