What’s wrong?
A well-funded startup lands a partnership with a leading cancer institution to mine 25M patient data points in an effort to save lives. So what’s wrong? Doctors are upset about a lack of transparency and the potential for a startup to profit off of their decades of experience. Patients are concerned their data will be commercialized by a profit-driven venture. And nonprofit law experts question whether the charitable hospital provided assets to insiders at below-market value. There’s more to the MSK/Paige.AI relationship igniting an uproar and providing lessons for entrepreneurs and innovation teams.
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