Philanthropic Partnerships

A catalytic investment to transform evidence into impact.

Why This Work Is Needed

Once a drug becomes generic, there is often no institutional owner positioned to fund additional research into new uses, regulatory submissions, or awareness efforts. As a result, evidence for repurposed generics remains fragmented and underused, leaving potentially beneficial treatments out of reach for patients.

This is not a gap in science alone. It is a structural gap created by market incentives.

Philanthropy makes it possible to close that gap.

Why This Model is Catalytic

Philanthropic dollars unlock overlooked opportunities that could deliver impact now.

Traditional Drug Development

  • Prioritizes patentable, high-cost drugs

  • Driven primarily by commercial incentives

  • Long, expensive development timelines for new products

  • Fragmented evidence across studies and indications

  • No coordinated pathway for advancing repurposing opportunities

Reboot Rx Model

  • Advances off-patent, evidence-backed therapies

  • Focused on unmet patient needs and available evidence

  • Builds on existing safety and efficacy data

  • Systematic, transparent evidence aggregation

  • Provides independent coordination across evidence, evaluation, and pathway

Philanthropic support provides the coordination, rigorous evaluation, and awareness work needed to inform clinical decision-making around promising treatments.

Our Early Progress

In just a few years, Reboot Rx has built an AI-powered platform to systematically identify high-potential cancer treatments among existing generic drugs. This work has surfaced a focused set of opportunities supported by strong clinical evidence.

We are now working with partners such as the National Cancer Institute, the Veterans Health Administration, and leading cancer centers to support clinical evaluation and awareness. Momentum is strong, and expanding this work now will accelerate the next wave of opportunities.

What Your Support Enables

Evidence Identification & Prioritization

  • Large-scale evidence reviews

  • Structured candidate assessments of repurposing opportunities

  • Algorithmic scanning of new generic drugs


Clinical Awareness & Pathway Analysis

  • Development of clinician-facing, decision-ready evidence materials 

  • Analyses clarifying regulatory, guideline, and payer pathways


Evidence Evaluation & Research Collaboration

  • Observational data analyses and clinical studies

  • Research partnerships with national networks and cancer center


Infrastructure for Scale

  • Expansion of our AI-powered evidence synthesis platform

  • Capacity to evaluate new opportunities on an ongoing basis


Our work is further strengthened by pro bono contributions from leading legal, scientific, and advisory organizations, increasing the leverage of philanthropic investment.

The Impact This Work Will Drive

Philanthropic support enables Reboot Rx to:

  • Accelerate evaluation of overlooked generic drugs for new cancer uses

  • Strengthen the clinical evidence base through research with leading institutions

  • Inform guideline inclusion and payer pathways that influence clinical use

  • Equip clinicians with clear, balanced evidence to support decision-making

  • Reduce system-level friction that limits access to safe, cost-effective treatments

This work strengthens the structural pathways needed for evidence-supported, affordable treatments to be considered within clinical decision-making.

Ways to Partner With Us

General operating support is the most powerful way to partner with Reboot Rx, enabling us to respond quickly to emerging evidence, advance high-potential opportunities, and sustain the infrastructure required for large-scale impact. 

Additional ways to engage include:

  • Program and project support
    Fund specific evidence evaluation efforts, clinical studies, or priority repurposing programs.

  • Strategic, multi-year partnerships
    Collaborate on multi-year initiatives that expand the opportunity pipeline and support deeper evidence development.

Get Involved

If you are a foundation, family office, or individual donor, we welcome a conversation.

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Acknowledgment of Philanthropic Support

Reboot Rx has received support from philanthropic partners committed to advancing evidence-informed innovation in cancer care, including:

Arnold Venture · Lyda Hill Philanthropies · Pershing Square Foundation

alongside other strategic supporters

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