Angela Ogden

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 with the overarching goals of improving cancer care and prevention. More than 27,000 oncology practitioners belong to ASCO, representing all oncology disciplines and subspecialties. Members include physicians and health-care professionals in all levels of the practice of oncology. American Society of Clinical Oncology is the world’s leading professional organization representing physicians who treat people with cancer. ASCO’s members set the standard for patient care worldwide and lead the way in carrying out clinical research aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. ASCO's efforts are also directed toward advocating for policies that provide access to high-quality care for all patients with cancer and at supporting the increased funding for clinical and translational research.

American Society of Hematology provides the most current practice tools, clinical support and educational products needed in hematology. The firm offers educational products and services for clinicians and scientists. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The European Hematology Association (EHA) is a non-profit professional association that advocates and collaborates for hematology. The EHA is based in The Hague, Netherlands. EHA serves as the face and voice of hematology and hematology professionals in Europe to promote the interests of its members in policy, regulatory, and scientific areas. The association engages with the EU institutions, scientific networks, and national societies. EHA creates clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hematologic diseases and organizes an annual congress. The association also offers fellowships, grants, and computational biology training for scholars who want to build successful careers in hematology research.

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. manufactures specialty pharmaceutical products. The company develops, manufactures and markets injectable products and leverages revolutionary technology such as its nab(TM) platform to discover and deliver breakthrough therapeutics that transform the treatment of cancer and other life threatening diseases. The company is located in Schaumburg, IL

Pharmacia Corp. developed, manufactured and marketed pharmaceutical products. Prescription pharmaceuticals included general therapeutics, ophthalmology and hospital products including oncology and diversified therapeutics. It also operated in consumer health care, animal health, diagnostics and contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemicals. The customers of the group were pharmacies, hospitals, chain warehouses, governments, physicians, wholesalers and other distributors. It was headquartered in Peapack, NJ.

Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. develops therapeutics for cancer, infectious diseases and other critical illnesses. Its development platform uses nanoparticle albumin-bound technology to deliver drugs to tumors that produce SPARC. Abraxene, the first protein-based nanoparticle chemotherapeutic compound, is FDA approved for treating metastatic breast cancer. Abraxis Bioscience is focused on expanding the use of Abraxene and developing other drug candidates utilizing the same technology. Abraxene is approved for marketing in over 35 countris and the company has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Switzerland. Abraxis Bioscience was organized in 2007 from the oncology and research businesses of American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.