U.S. National Institutes of Health

50th Anniversary Symposium and Timeline

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In November 2005, DTP celebrated its 50th anniversary by inviting some of the cancer research community’s top names to a symposium on drug development. Speakers at this event, which can be viewed at the URL above, included Dr. Andrew ivon Eschenbach, then-director of NCI; Dr. James Doroshow, director, DCTD; NCI grantee Dr. Susan Band Horwitz, discoverer of paclitaxel’s mechanism of action; and Dr. Bruce Chabner, former director of the NCI Division of Cancer Treatment. A key panel discussion focused on the future role of DTP in drug development The symposium also included a keynote speech by Dr. Vincent DeVita, former director of NCI; a poster session; and a concluding talk by DTP associate director Dr. Jerry Collins on applying the lessons of the past for future success.

DTP also marked the anniversary by launching an interactive timeline recounting the organization’s involvement in drug development over the last 50 years. DTP’s timeline can be accessed at: http://dtp.nci.nih.gov/timeline/flash/index.htm.

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