Kids V Cancer named one of top 10 most innovative companies

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KIDS V CANCER was named as one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2016 in Not-For-Profit, placing fourth. Fast Company praised Kids v Cancer for accelerating the discovery of pediatric cancer treatments.

Other organizations in this category include Black Lives Matter, 92nd St Y, Humans Of New York and UNICEF. Last year, Kids v Cancer received the 2015 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.

Through the Creating Hope Act, Kids v Cancer has mobilized almost $1 billion for research and development of drugs. With the valuation of a Creating Hope Act pediatric priority review voucher reaching $350 million, biotech and pharmaceutical companies are now focusing on business plans built around pediatric rare disease drug development.

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