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
BeOne Medicines
GRAIL
Lilly
Jed Manocherian, ACT for NIH Foundation
Natera, Inc.
Tempus
Partners
Jeff Allen and Kevin Kenney
American Clinical Laboratory Association
Amgen Inc.
Eisai, Inc.
Genentech Inc, Member of the Roche Group
Genmab US
Klausner Family Foundation
Sandi Hoffman Special Events
Lynne Zydowsky
Supporters
AdvaMed
Akin
Association of American Cancer Institutes
Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD and Margaret A. Vettese, PhD, RN
BGR Group
Biodesix Inc.
Coherus Oncology
ConcertAI
Deerfield Management
Deloitte Consulting
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Ontada
Roche Diagnostics
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Todd Strategy Group
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