{"id":245,"date":"2019-09-07T12:23:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2019-09-20T15:15:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T19:15:58","slug":"case-jnj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/industry-action-guide\/success-stories\/case-jnj\/","title":{"rendered":"J&J Lung Cancer Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe are excited to be collaborating with Boston University in this important mission and bringing the research and development expertise of our consumer, medical device, and pharmaceutical groups together to address this critical need for patients around the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

–\u00a0William Hait,\u00a0J&J Global Head of Global External Innovation<\/em><\/p>\n

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In 2018, BU partnered with Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC (J&J) in a five-year collaboration<\/a> aimed at preventing, intercepting, and curing lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.<\/p>\n

THE PROBLEM<\/h6>\n

Lung cancer kills more people in the United States than any other type of cancer. More die from lung cancer than from colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer rates are going up internationally, including in China and among women. The five-year survival rate for lung cancer is 17.8 percent, significantly lower than the survival rates for other common cancers.<\/span><\/p>\n

THE SOLUTION<\/h6>\n

BU researchers are working closely with members of J&J\u2019s Lung Cancer Initiative to develop biomarker-based early-screening tests for lung cancer, as well as therapeutics to arrest or eradicate the disease in its earliest stages. The initiative establishes a Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Center on Boston University\u2019s Medical Campus, and builds from two extensive lung cancer research studies being conducted at BU.\u00a0The alliance will also give rise to additional pilot programs developed by teams from across BU and advanced with close collaboration from J&J.<\/p>\n

THE TEAM<\/h6>\n

The new center is led by Avrum Spira,\u00a0a BU School of Medicine professor of medicine, pathology, and bioinformatics, and a pioneering researcher in the genomics and early detection of lung cancer. Spira had previously served as a consultant on lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research with Janssen Research & Development, the pharmaceuticals arm of Johnson & Johnson.<\/p>\n

THE IMPACT<\/h6>\n

While the diagnostic and therapeutic impact of the initiative is still to come, all players agree that the collaboration will allow for more rapid application of research and discovery to with clinical treatment.<\/p>\n

In the words of BU President Robert A. Brown, \u201cI am confident that the alliance between J&J and BU will produce life-saving, life-changing breakthroughs and will become a model for how a research university can collaborate with a great corporate partner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe are excited to be collaborating with Boston University in this important mission and bringing the research and development expertise of our consumer, medical device, and pharmaceutical groups together to address this critical need for patients around the world.\u201d –\u00a0William Hait,\u00a0J&J Global Head of Global External Innovation In 2018, BU partnered with Johnson & Johnson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15731,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/industry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}