Nobel Prize
Scientists behind game-changing cancer immunotherapies win Nobel medicine prize | Reuters
James Allison and Tasuku Honjo discovered, in the 1990s, how the immune system can be manipulated to treat cancer. Specifically, they figured out how to change the behavior of certain proteins so they allow immune cells to attack cancer.
Technology
Class-action suit claims Express Scripts charges 'exorbitant and unlawful' medical records fees | Fierce Healthcare
The company allegedly charges between $75 and $90 for each pharmacy records request. Two other suits from recent years have contained similar allegations.
Sloan Kettering executive turns over windfall stake in biotech start-up | The New York Times
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center vice president Dr. Gregoy Raskin will give the hospital the $1.4 million stake he had in a biotech start-up.
Digital startup focused on women's and family health secures $27M | Medcity News
Maven will use the funding to improve its family benefits platform, which has programs related to fertility and maternity, among other topics, for employers and health plans.
Roswell Park to serve as data center hub for Cancer Moonshot | Health Data Management
The National Cancer Institute is giving Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center $6.28 million to create the data center for the Cancer Moonshot's Immuno-Oncology Translational Network.
In other news
The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law | The Washington Post
The Trump administration is suing California to try to stop the state from putting in place the strongest net neutrality law in the nation. California just adopted rules that prohibit internet providers from treating certain web traffic differently from other traffic.
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