Eleven finalists representing groundbreaking companies to advance the prevention, diagnosis, management or care of cancerwere invited to compete. The singularity of the competition was that all the companies were founded by cancer patients, survivors or those with loved ones affected by cancer, like Oncoheroes, which was founded by two dads (Ricardo and Cesare) touched by childhood cancer. An independent panel of judges, that included diverse experts in the cancer, healthcare and business communities, listened to the pitches and selected the winners.
“It was a big surprise because all the finalists did an outstanding job presenting their ambitious projects and I cannot be more honored to have been selected as one of the winners of the night. I am confident that we have a great and ambitious project that will bring new drugs for children and adolescents with cancer.“ Cesare Spadoni stated that night.
The summit was organized by Lyfebulb, a patient empowerment platform that connects patients with industry to support user-driven innovation toward solutions in chronic disease, and Helsinn, a Swiss pharmaceutical group focused on building quality cancer care.
