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November 11, 2004

Dear Friend:

We are pleased to provide you with the third edition of the MMRC Update. This monthly briefing was created to keep you informed of the MMRC's progress toward its ultimate goal of accelerating drug development and improving patient outcomes.

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The MMRC is pleased to offer a video presentation of the MMRC model. This video features MMRC Leadership Team Chairman Ken Anderson, M.D., and Clinical Trials Core Chairman Paul Richardson, M.D., discussing the MMRC's innovative research model. Click here to view the video.

The MMRC's President and Founder will be a featured speaker at the 2004 Worldwide Biobank Summit II: Collaborating for Cures. Convened by IBM Health & Life Sciences on Nov. 15-17, in Tarrytown, NY, the Biobank Summit provides a unique forum for worldwide leaders to collaborate and share best practices in the field of biobanking. The MMRC was invited to present its innovative model of academic integration for tissue banking and pre-clinical and clinical research efforts.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the number one news source for the non-profit world, featured the MMRC model in the Technology section of its Oct.14 edition. The article highlights the MMRC Tissue Bank and Data Bank as key in accelerating research and drug development efforts in myeloma. Click here to read the article.