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CPRIT officials, board cleared following investigation

They include executive director Bill Gimson, chief commercialization officer Jerry Cobbs and chief scientific officer Alfred Gilman.

Texas cancer agency probe clears some officials

They include executive director Bill Gimson, chief commercialization officer Jerry Cobbs and chief scientific officer Alfred Gilman.

Texas cancer agency gives DA missing emails

Officials with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas accepted Bill Gimson's resignation Friday.

Head of $3B Texas cancer effort asks to resign

Gimson has led the state agency since it launched in 2009 but fell under mounting criticism over the recent disclosure that an $11 million award to a private company was never reviewed.

Head of Texas cancer institute says mistakes were honest ones

But one member of the agency's governing board -- made up entirely of political appointees of Gov. Rick Perry and others -- requested that Gimson face a job review.

Texas cancer agency exec: Mistakes led to grant

But one member of the agency's governing board - made up entirely of political appointees of Gov. Rick Perry and others - requested that Gimson face a job review.

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$25M Texas cancer trial network shuts down

Only 3 percent of Texans with cancer are in clinical trials, Gimson said.

Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes

Executive Director Bill Gimson then completed an extraordinary purging of the agency's...

Travis DA launches probe into state cancer agency

Gimson, the central figure in two questionable grants awarded by the agency, wrote governing...

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Director of $3 billion cancer research effort resigns

Gimson has led the state agency since it launched in 2009.