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DKMS company history timeline

2004

DKMS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the United States; incorporated in Washington D.C. in June 2004.

Katharina eventually moved to the United States to Harvard, worked for Louis Vuitton in New York City for a time, then started an MBA at Columbia University; she dropped out and instead founded the US affiliate of DKMS with her father in 2004.

2014

In 2014 DKMS began promoting May 28 as World Blood Cancer Day to help raise awareness.

2020

In 2020, a German based NGO named DKMS and the South African Sunflower Fund joined forces in a partnership that had the potential to change the history of stem cell transplants in South Africa and globally.

2021

The following year in March (2021), an amalgamation of the entities was announced, birthing DKMS Africa – and combining two histories of similar organisations to give hope to patients.

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Founded
2004
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New York, NY
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Peter Harf
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