Merck and Pfizer today announced that avelumab* presentations across seven different tumor types, including two oral presentations, will be featured at the 52nd American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting being held June 3-7, 2016, in Chicago, IL.

Novartis has announced changes to focus its Pharmaceuticals Division by creating two business units reporting to the CEO: Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Oncology. These business units will form the Innovative Medicines Division at Novartis.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced a collaboration between Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. and a subsidiary of HP Inc. The collaboration is focused on using 3D printing technologies to create better health care outcomes at reduced costs.

On the occasion of World Hypertension Day 2016, the Novartis Foundation and its partners, including the international nonprofit organization PATH, are announcing the launch of the Ho Chi Minh City Communities for Healthy Hearts Program, which is designed to improve health outcomes of adults with hypertension living in low-income households in urban Vietnam.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) has awarded a total of more than $1 million in funding to five leading breast cancer advocacy organizations to support projects focused on metastatic breast cancer (MBC) scientific research and quality-of-life studies.

AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the investigational MEK 1/2 inhibitor, selumetinib (AZD6244, ARRY-142886) for adjuvant treatment of patients with stage III or IV differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC).

The Grants4Apps (G4A) Accelerator developed by Bayer invites health IT and technology startups to apply for the program's 2016 edition. This year, Bayer looks primarily into projects aimed at fostering patient-doctor feedback in the Women's Health field as well as those improving patient engagement in Cardiology, Oncology, Radiology and Ophthalmology, but Bayer is also interested in highly innovative software, hardware, technologies applied to digital health fields.