About Friends
Mission
Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) powers advances in science and policy that speed life-saving treatments to patients.
About Us
Friends aims to accelerate cutting edge cancer care that both extends and improves quality of life for patients.
To accomplish this, we leverage groundbreaking collaborations, generate scientific evidence, and integrate patient input to shape public policy.
How we work at Friends
- We identify problems standing in the way of the best science reaching patients.
- We generate the evidence necessary to understand a problem.
- We create policy solutions to address and overcome that problem.
Policy Priorities
Policy Priorities
Friends fosters collaboration among leaders from federal health and regulatory agencies, academia, the private sector, and patient advocacy groups to identify and address critical issues in development of new oncology drugs. By bringing together diverse perspectives, Friends proposes unique approaches to solve current challenges in oncology drug development.
Research Partnerships
Research Partnerships
Our research partnerships are data-driven collaborations. Friends aggregates and analyzes data from partners conducting clinical trials, administering diagnostics, and providing routine patient care. These projects generate evidence and builds alignment to advance the use of innovative measures and approaches in oncology, driving policy change and improving patient outcomes.
Policy & Regulatory Initiatives
Policy Initiatives
Our policy & regulatory initiatives bring together stakeholders to assess emerging challenges in oncology drug development and policy to help inform recommendations for modernizing regulatory frameworks and clinical trials.
Analyses
Data Driven Insights & Analyses
Friends uses publicly available regulatory data to develop a series of interactive tools for exploring data and trends on oncology drug approvals. We hope these resources empower users to uncover their own insights and identify emerging trends.
History
Founded in 1996 by Ellen Sigal and Marlene Malek, Friends is committed to creating and implementing policies ensuring patients receive the best treatments in the fastest and safest way possible. We convene the right people at the right time to put forth revolutionary yet realistic ideas.
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Our Policies
Policy on Corporate Partnerships
Policy on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools pose risks to our constituents and our organization’s security. As a result, at Friends we do not actively use and engage with AI tools in our day-to-day work to create content. AI tools are utilized at most to inform and give context to our work, never to create original research, writing or any original content. We require all employees to use AI tools in a manner consistent with our community best practices.