
Curing disease has the greatest potential to reduce suffering and grief. It's also the best way to improve the bottom line of spending on health. Real economic growth depends on our ability to develop medical solutions that eliminate untimely death and disability.No one can do this work alone...

by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s priority to-do list is long. Dr. Joshus Sharfstein, FDA's Principal Deputy Commisioner spent some time recently addressing the list with members of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. ...

Philanthropists, Medical Research Foundations, and Industry Leaders Gather in New York for Inaugural Partnering for Cures MeetingFirst-of-its-kind meeting designed to forge collaborations needed to accelerate the pace of therapeutic development(November 5, 2009) WASHINGTON, DC – Hundreds of m...

Washington, DC - Nov 05, 2009 Hundreds of medical research leaders, investors, and decision-makers are coming together at the inaugural Partnering for Cures meeting to explore innovative approaches to pursuing high-risk, long-term investments that could lead to therapeutic breakthroughs...

FasterCures Research!America blogs on Partnering for Cures
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One of Research!America’s members, FasterCures, is convening Partner for Cures, a meeting which will address partnerships between industry, philanthropy and medical research foundations which can create a better research enterprise.

Every day, thousands of people are diagnosed with deadly and debilitating diseases for which there are no cures. And yet, it takes 15 years to develop new medical solutions. As you know, no one can do this work alone...

FasterCures' Margaret Anderson Writes about R&D Challengs in the Winter 2009 Milken Institute Review
With the Obama administration and Congress now negotiating reform, the American health care system as we know it may be about to undergo the most significant makeover since the introduction of Medicare...

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FasterCures Read Margaret Anderson's Column on R&D Challenges in the Milken Institute Review
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Register today for Partnering for Cures, December 1-3 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City...

FasterCures Register today for Partnering for Cures, December 1-3 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
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Register today for Partnering for Cures, December 1-3 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. This first-of-its-kind meeting will bring together philanthropy, medical research foundations, and ...

Life Isn't "House" But Can We Be Patients Like Those on TV?by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresAny patient will tell you: it doesn't really work in real life the way it works in medical dramas on TV...

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The kind of medicine practiced by Dr. House on and his colleagues on TV is actually the kind of medicine seriously ill patients need. But, that would never work in the real world.

Kristin Schneeman, Project Director, FasterCuresFor two days this week, I joined a group of leading thinkers and entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors gathered to discuss an idea that originated with Harvard’s Isaac Kohane and Ken Mandl – the development of an “iPhone-like platform” for health ...











