Washington Research Foundation awards $5.2M to establish new clinical trials program
Washington Research Foundation has awarded a $5.2 million, three-year BioInnovation Grant to launch a new clinical trials program between Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
The program, Bridging the Clinical Gap: Adding Value to the “Discovered Here in Washington” Therapeutic Ecosystem, will support first-in-human clinical studies of new therapeutics for rare cancers and other diseases in adults and children. Funding includes $4 million for four Phase 1 trials and $1.2 million for shared infrastructure and strategic planning to build a sustainable translational pathway.
This investment aims to strengthen Washington’s capacity to advance homegrown therapeutic innovations into first-in-human testing.