Music Beats Cancer

Wonderful organization! The work being done by Music Beats Cancer we hope will eventually provide better treatments for people fighting this fatal disease. Their honest, passionate and unique approach to funding for cancer research and treatments is the first of its kind. Thanks again for all you do for this cause.
Jul 13th, 2021

Music Beats Cancer is an original organization looking to fund innovative ideas and support local musicians. I'm amazed by their hard work and mission.
Jun 18th, 2021

This organization is a class act. They help fund scientific innovators who otherwise would not have the funds to develop their discoveries to help cure cancer. They work with amazing artists and always try and find ways to spread the word about the funding gap. The founder, is a passionate individual who is trying to make a difference. If someone is looking for a place to donate funds that can make a difference, I highly recommend Music Beats Cancer.
Jun 16th, 2021

Music Beats Cancer evolved from Beats of Laughter and even earlier, a small biotech @MonaJhaveri started up called Foligo Therapeutics that had a promising innovation for ovarian cancer but that unfortunately, withered in what is known as "the Valley of Death" for lack of funding to progress through the full palette of clinical trials from proof of concept. Mona realized this situation represented a huge problem for the vast majority of small, underfunded biotechs who are often assumed to be "rich" because they are "private sector" start-ups. The reality in fact is quite different. Since big pharma (think @Pfizer; @J&J, etc) historically bets on those who have succeeded in going through all the proof of concept stages before they will fund biotech innovations - i.e. have fully derisked big pharma investments by going through the front-end innovation work - the net result is this: many potential cancer innovations for therapeutics, improved devices or even processes, never see the light of day. clearly, this impacts society at large who never receive the fruits of potential innovation that never make it through rigorous and costly FDA review processes. The Music Beats Cancer business model offers small emergent biotechs the opportunity to get non-diluted funding to complement other revenue streams that are key to successful drug (or other ) development in the war on cancer. While some companies like @Moderna eventually succeed and emerge and help solve a crucial global problem in the case of Covid-19, most do not have the wherewithal to make it through the Valley of Death. Hopefully the "grit" that Mona and Music Beats Cancer is demonstrating will lead to outcomes that the U.S. and the entire global community can benefit from through its support of small innovating biotechs who are linking up with musicians who for various reasons, want to amplify the creative work so many still-unknown small biotechs are undertaking, all under the radar. Time to emerge!
May 12th, 2021

Music Beats Cancer does amazing work to crowdfund for cancer fighting technologies. They are one of the more innovative charities in the U.S. and I love everything they do!
May 11th, 2021