The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network said it has received a $25 million gift—the largest donation in the history of the organization. The gift was made to honor the memory of Skip Viragh, one of the country’s most influential mutual fund investment experts, who died in 2003.
PanCAN said it will use the multimillion dollar gift to advance its existing programs and services, including the launch of its clinical trial platform Precision PromiseSM, as well as early detection efforts, the Know Your Tumor molecular profiling service, patient services and research.
Another $15 million gift was made to PanCAN in 2015 in Skip’s memory. That gift led the organization’s goal to raise $200 million by 2020 and to launch initiatives considered critical to transforming patient outcomes, such as the Know Your Tumor precision medicine service and the Patient Registry.
