On Jan. 6, 2023, the Purdue Center for Cancer Research announced it was changing its name to the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR).

The new institute designation also aligns with Purdue’s health and life sciences institutes that include the Institute for Drug Discovery; Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Institute for Integrative Neuroscience; and the Institute for Plant Sciences. As an institute, it can house centers that focus more intensively on particular types of cancer or technology areas.

As one of only seven National Cancer Institute-designated Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers in the U.S., the institute, generated more than 150 patents during the past decade and its members have over 40 drugs in various stages of development.