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American Association for Cancer Research

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is an American nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its sister organization is the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation.[1]

History

Pamela Ohashi, AACR's Tumor Immunotherapy Program director, participated in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force convened by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).[2]

In the first half of 2021, AACR received four grants from Pfizer:[3]

  • 2021 Annual Meeting ($25,000)
  • Conference on Science of Cancer Health Disparities ($10,000)
  • Evolving Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Progression: Mechanisms and Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities ($5,000)
  • 2021 Scientist-Survivor Program ($10,000)

Organization

AACR is a member organization of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA[4] and a partner of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer.[5] It has previously provided funding to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.[6]

AACR has signed memoranda of understanding with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[7]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Pamela Ohashi Director, Tumor Immunotherapy Program[2:1] COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force, Providence Therapeutics
Ronald DePinho Fellow (2015)[8] MD Anderson Cancer Center, Third International Vatican Conference
James Watson Fellow (2013)[9] Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Human Genome Project

Funding

AACR has received funding from:[10]

  • AbbVie
  • American Cancer Society
  • Amgen
  • Astellas Pharma
  • AstraZeneca
  • BeiGene
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Breast Cancer Research Foundation
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
  • Colon Cancer Coalition
  • Daiichi-Sankyo
  • Doreen H. Putrah Cancer Research Foundation
  • Eli Lilly
  • Exelixis
  • FUJIFILM VisualSonics
  • Gilead Sciences
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • Incyte
  • Irving Weinstein Foundation
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • Kite Pharma
  • Merck
  • Novartis
  • Novocure
  • Pezcoller Foundation
  • Pfizer[3:1]
  • Promega
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation
  • Sanofi Genzyme
  • Science
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Seagen
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)[11]
  • St. Baldrick's Foudation
  • Sygnature Discovery
  • Taiho Oncology
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  • WuXi AppTec

  1. About the AACR Foundation. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/about-the-aacr-foundation/ ↩︎

  2. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. (2022, March 10). COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force. Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2023.04.27-230206/https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-life-science-industries/en/covid-19-therapeutics-task-force ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report: Q1-Q2 2021. (2021, September 27). Pfizer. https://web.archive.org/web/20230503211316/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23787007/pfizer-2021-report.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. List of Members. (2022, March 4). Alliance for a Stronger FDA. http://archive.today/2022.07.08-045902/https://www.strengthenfda.org/members ↩︎

  5. Cancer Immunotherapy Partnerships and Collaborations. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230327191240/https://www.sitcancer.org/aboutsitc/partnerships#champions ↩︎

  6. Benz Jr., E. J., Paresky, S. S., Dana III, C. A., & Morse, R. P. 2012 Honor Roll of Donors. PageTurnPro; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220813072451/https://www.pageturnpro.com/Dana-Farber-Cancer-Institute-and-The-Jimmy-Fund/49214-2012-Honor-Roll-of-Donors/sdefault.html#page/76 ↩︎

  7. Office of the Commissioner. (2023, October 16). Non-Profit and Other MOUs. Food and Drug Administration. https://web.archive.org/web/20231028062431/https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-memoranda-understanding/non-profit-and-other-mous ↩︎

  8. Ronald A. DePinho, MD. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 20, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/aacr-academy/fellows/ronald-a-depinho-md/ ↩︎

  9. James D. Watson, PhD. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved December 20, 2024, from https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/aacr-academy/fellows/james-d-watson-phd/ ↩︎

  10. Supporters. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved January 29, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.05.11-051652/https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2021/supporters/ ↩︎