Mapping the Landscape of Medical Venture Philanthropy
Venture philanthropy represents an evolution in the ambitions and activities of patient organizations, with organizations becoming more fully enmeshed in the drug development process. Our findings raise ethical questions about how patient organizations conceptualize and advance patient interests and about tradeoffs inherent to the venture philanthropy model.
Authors
- Holly Fernandez Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-9879)
- Megan Johnson Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8006-8459)
- Justin T. Clapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-0572)
- Matthew S. McCoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-3877)
Institutions
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJOB Empirical Bioethics
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2025.2576835
- Primary Topic
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00