Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Register Today Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) is hosting a public webinar to examine approaches to optimizing dosing strategies for radiopharmaceutical therapies (RPTs) as their use continues to expand across oncology. While RPTs offer significant therapeutic potential, determining appropriate dosing remains complex as existing development approaches…
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch Project Overview One Pager Panelist Biographies The use of OS as a safety endpoint is receiving increasing attention in oncology drug development, and there is a growing need for evidence-based approaches to guide both trial design and interpretation of these data. Friends…
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch White Paper Panelist Biographies Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) is hosted a Virtual Hill Briefing exploring opportunities to strengthen the FDA’s Biomarker Qualification Program (BQP). The BQP was designed to support broader use of biomarkers across development programs, but experience to date…
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Register Today Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) will host an advocate-focused webinar on November 17, following our 19th Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 10, to translate key discussions into accessible insights for patient advocates. The Annual Meeting will convene leaders from federal health and regulatory agencies, academic research, industry, and patient advocacy to advance evidence-based solutions to the…
Monday, March 9, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a free webinar to mark the launch of ProgresoparaPacientes.org, a new patient advocacy education program for Spanish-speaking communities. The course provides an overview of the drug development and regulatory landscape, including FDA’s role, clinical trial phases,…
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 10:00AM – 3:00PM ET The Ritz-Carlton 1150 22nd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 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…
Thursday, June 11, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a webinar for advocates on June 11th at 1PM ET that focused on topics in cell and gene therapy development, including early-phase clinical trials, manufacturing, and clinical trial designs and evidence generation. Panelists provided background on…
Thursday, April 23, 2026 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a free, advocates-focused webinar on April 23 to build on discussions from the Tuesday, April 7 External Control Arms (ECAs) in Oncology Drug Development public meeting. ECAs use data external to the ongoing trial, such as from prior clinical…
Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:00PM – 1:00PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) hosted a free, advocates-focused webinar on February 19, continuing the discussion from the Thursday, February 5 public meeting on early endpoints. The webinar focused on two emerging tools in cancer drug development: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and artificial…
Monday, November 17, 2025 1PM – 2PM ET Location: Virtual Click to Watch Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) held a free webinar for advocates to explore the topics discussed during Friends 2025 Annual Meeting. This event provided an overview of the three topics from the November 4th Annual Meeting, offering advocates the opportunity to engage…
