September 10, 2004

Four Centers Form Privately-Funded Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium

By Paul Goldberg

Four cancer centers last month formed a privately-funded consortium to develop therapies for multiple myeloma.

Joining the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, the investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Mayo Clinic, and Princess Margaret Hospital established a joint tissue bank and agreed to share data and cooperate on clinical trials and commercialization of agents.

The consortium implements an idea described three years ago in...

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