The Suzanne Wright Foundation advocates for HARPA, the Health Advanced Research Projects Agency, to drive innovation in biomedical research.
Despite medical innovation over the last century, millions of Americans with deadly and debilitating conditions have seen no progress….
There are more than 9,000 known diseases, yet there are approved treatments for only 500.
Two out of five Americans have a disease with no cure.
HARPA would leverage federal research assets and private sector tools to develop capabilities for diseases that have not benefited from the current system.
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Bob Wright established the Suzanne Wright Foundation in honor of his wife Suzanne, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2016. 91% of patients die from this disease- most within the first year of diagnosis. CodePurple is a Suzanne Wright Foundation initiative to drive urgency and action in the fight against pancreatic cancer. The improvement in survival rates for breast, colon, prostate and other cancers demonstrates how the power of advocacy and focused funding can drive research and save lives. Pancreatic cancer is an emergency that requires an innovative, focused approach. Bob Wright and the Suzanne Wright Foundation have proposed the federal initiative HARPA, a Health Advanced Research Projects Agency, to build life-saving capabilities for diseases that have not benefited from the current system.
READ MORE ABOUT USJuly 29, 2018
Two years ago today, we lost Suzanne Wright to pancreatic cancer. She was an incredible force, and we channel her energy and passion each and every day.
Nearly 86,000 people have died from pancreatic cancer since Suzanne Wright’s death. We #DemandANewApproach in honor of everyone we have lost to this deadly disease. We need bold action to save lives.
Suzanne lives on in the work she did, the lives she changed, and in the memories of her family and friends. Today, we honor her and those memories.
June 25, 2018
A segment from “The Patients Are Waiting: How HARPA Will Change Lives Now”
July 23, 2018
“As an avid reader of obituaries, I’ve been struck by how many people these days are succumbing to pancreatic cancer, a cancer long considered rare.” – Jane Brody, New York Times
Brody writes about the correlation between diabetes, obesity and pancreatic cancer, and how the public might minimize their risk.
Despite accounting for just 3 percent of all cancers, pancreatic cancer is on track to becoming the second most dangerous cancer by 2030. It is one of the deadliest because symptoms rarely develop until the disease is advanced. There are no early detection tests or curative treatments.
The Suzanne Wright Foundation is dedicated to driving urgency and action in the fight against pancreatic cancer—the most deadly of all major cancers. 91% of patients die. This is an emergency. This is #CodePurple.
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