Tuesday, November 10, 2026 10:00AM – 3:00PM ET Register Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) is proud to host our 19th Annual Meeting on November 10, 2026. Since 2007, Friends has brought together leaders across federal health and regulatory agencies, academic research, industry, and patient advocates to drive forward unique and evidence-based solutions to current…
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 10:00AM – 2:00PM ET Click to Watch Recap Blog Panelist Biographies Preliminary Findings ECA Presentation Slides Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) convened a public meeting, “Application of External Control Arms in Oncology Drug Development” to explore opportunities for advancing the use of external control arms (ECAs) to enhance oncology drug…
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 10:00AM – 2:30PM ET Watch Issue Brief Recap Blog Panelist Biographies Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) hosted a public meeting to explore opportunities to advance next-generation therapies, including innovative approaches in cell therapy development. As genetically modified cell-based therapies expand toward treating different…
Thursday, February 5, 2026 9:00AM – 2:00PM ET Click to Watch Access the White Paper Panelist Biographies Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a public meeting, Modernizing Oncology Endpoints: Pathways for Evidence and Policy, to review the current landscape and application of evolving early endpoints—such as ctDNA and (AI)-enabled tumor assessments—and explore how they may…
Tuesday, November 4, 202510:00AM – 3:00PM ET Click to Watch Recap Blog– Session 1 White Paper Session 2 White Paper Session 3 White Paper Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) was proud to host our 18th Annual Meeting on November 4, 2025. Since 2007, Friends has brought together leaders across federal health and regulatory…
April 7, 2025 (In-Person Only) The Ritz Carlton Washington D.C. 1150 22nd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 8:00AM ET – 1:00PM ET Thank you for joining us at this year’s Biopharma Congress: Ready for a New Era To Learn More About The Event Click Here
Friday, May 9, 2025 Click to Watch Meeting White Paper Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) were proud to host a joint public meeting, Unlocking Next-Generation Therapies: Exploring Innovative Development and Manufacturing Models for Cell Therapies. Cell therapies have demonstrated remarkable success in treating certain cancers…
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 10AM – 2PM ET The Ritz Carlton 1150 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a meeting focused on driving innovation in diagnostics and regulatory policy. Key discussions highlighted evidence generation for novel technologies for diagnostic testing, including digital pathology and artificial intelligence (AI), along with strategies for developing diagnostic tests…
Monday, May 6th, 2024 10:00AM – 2:15PM ET Watch the Full Meeting Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI) were proud to host our joint public meeting, Unlocking Complex Cell-based Gene Therapies. Discussions among key stakeholders at the meeting enabled the next generation of proposals in the rapidly changing…
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Click to Watch Recap Blog Session 1 White Paper Session 2 White Paper Session 3 White Paper This year’s annual meeting explored three different topics that focused on approaches for streamlining trial designs and data collection to support efficient regulatory processes and decision-making. Topics presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting addressed…
