29th Annual Cancer Leadership Awards
September 17, 2025
Washington, DC
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) Annual Cancer Leadership Awards brought together leaders in government, advocacy, industry, and science to celebrate partnerships and innovations that benefit patients. Thank you for joining us for an exciting evening celebrating the research your support made possible.
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
Berlin Family Foundation
Bristol Myers Squibb
The Ken and Ginny Grunley Family Trust
Pfizer
PhRMA
Collaborators
American Association for Cancer Research
American Society of Clinical Oncology
BeOne Medicines
Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation
CoRegen Inc.
Exact Sciences
GRAIL
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Johnson & Johnson
Lilly
Jed Manocherian, ACT for NIH Foundation
Merck
Natera, Inc.
Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Tempus
Partners
Jeff Allen and Kevin Kenney
American Clinical Laboratory Association
Amgen Inc.
BD
Eisai, Inc.
Exelixis
Rob and Shari Friedman
Genentech Inc, Member of the Roche Group
Genmab US
Gilead and Kite Oncology
Klausner Family Foundation
National Pharmaceutical Council
Nuvation Bio
Sandi Hoffman Special Events
George Vradenburg
Daria and Eric Wallach
Lynne Zydowsky
Supporters
AdvaMed
Akin
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Association of American Cancer Institutes
Shalom and Elizabeth Baranes
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD and Margaret A. Vettese, PhD, RN
BGR Group
Biodesix Inc.
Bumpus Advising
Marcella and Neil Cohen
Coherus Oncology
ConcertAI
Joe and Jackie Deal
Deerfield Management
Deloitte Consulting
Frederick and Candy DeMann
Digital Health Policy Strategies
DLA Piper LLP (US)
EMD Serono/ Merck KGaA
Nancy Grunley and Alan Golden
Guardant Health
The Honorable Alphonso and Mrs. Marcia Jackson
David, Pamela and Samara Johnson Furlong
KRI Capital
David and Nicole Mitchell
David and Barbara Moser/Kaye Moser Hierbaum Ford, LLP Family Law
Novo Nordisk
N-Power Medicine
Chris and Michelle Olson
Ontada
The Honorable Robert and Mrs. Susan Pence
Penn Quarter Partners
Precision for Medicine
Quest Diagnostics
Richard Nixon Foundation
Roche Diagnostics
S32
Bobbie and Bill Kilberg
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Takeda Oncology
Elizabeth Thompson
Todd Strategy Group
USP
Vial
Susan C. Winckler and John D. Giglio
Shelton and Rory Zuckerman
