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FasterCures COO joined NICE's Sir Michael Rawlins & NPR's Moira Gunn in a panel discussion re: comparative effectiveness, innovation, and the biotech industry at BayBIO's BioEconomy Summit. http://www.baybio.org/institute/wt/open/ BES-Track3
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It is already clear that currently commercialized biofuels are not a panacea for the world’s energy crisis and global warming. However, is it possible that new processes and synthetic technologies could ...


by Kristin Schneeman, Program Director, FasterCuresWhat is the most important ingredient in the recipe to cure cancer, or Alzheimer’s, or Lou Gehrig’s disease? Battalions of highly-educated doctors and Ph.D.’s? Buckets of cash? An armament of high-tech lab equipment...


Source: http://fastercures.blogspot.com/ by Kristin Schneeman, Program Director, FasterCures What is the most important ingredient in the recipe to cure cancer, or Alzheimer’s, or Lou Gehrig’s disease? Battalions of highly-educated doctors and Ph.D.’s? Buckets of cash...


by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresFor the past three weeks, the nation's policymakers have turned their attention to healthcare. It seems like each day featured a seminal study, a pivotal finding, a fresh perspective...


Source: http://fastercures.blogspot.com/ by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCures For the past three weeks, the nation's policymakers have turned their attention to healthcare. It seems like each day featured a seminal study, a pivotal finding, a fresh perspective...


By Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresNo agency is asked to do more, with less, than the Food and Drug Administration. It regulates 80 percent of U.S. food supply, every drug, vaccine, and medical device, consumer cosmetics, and could potentially/now have a hand at regulating tobacco products...


The impetus to pass comprehensive health reform legislation continues to grow as an energetic Congress and new leadership in our federal health agencies provide unprecedented support for expanding access to quality healthcare. The road ahead is both exciting and full of the unknown...


By Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCures Source: http://fastercures.blogspot.com/ No agency is asked to do more, with less, than the Food and Drug Administration. It regulates 80 percent of U.S...


Source: http://geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=salons.voice.reform The impetus to pass comprehensive health reform legislation continues to grow as an energetic Congress and new leadership in our federal health agencies provide unprecedented support for expanding access to quality...


Source: http://melanomaresearchalliance.org/mra_research/retreat/ In February 2009, a little more than a year after its inception, MRA convened its first scientific retreat and brought together 100 of the world’s leading melanoma researchers...


FasterCures submitted the below comments on the prioritization criteria and strategic framework developed by the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.________________________________June 10, 2009To: Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness...


Re: Its Draft Prioritization Criteria and Strategic Framework Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Council's Draft Prioritization Criteria and Strategic Framework. They are both very concise and thoughtful documents with which we substantially concur...


FasterCures New Blog: Takeaways from New Philanthropy Capital meeting about nonprofit evaluation & creating a professional association to unify efforts.
The FasterCures Blog: How many business plans did Mother Theresa have? Probably none, but just imagi
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Almost 200 participants from over 20 countries convened a couple of weeks ago in London to talk about individual efforts to evaluate nonprofits and a possible mechanism to unify these efforts under a professional association. ...


by Melissa L. Stevens, Director of Special Projects, FasterCuresAlmost 200 participants from over 20 countries convened a couple of weeks ago in London to talk about individual efforts to evaluate nonprofits and a possible mechanism to unify these efforts under a professional association...


FasterCures Check out BioBank Central's latest innovation profile: Autism Speaks' Autism Tissue Program which provides tissue samples to further research & discovery.
Source: www.biobankcentral.org
Autism SpeaksAutism Genetic Resource Exchange & Autism Tissue Program Twenty years ago, most people had never heard of autism; today, 1 in 150 children – and nearly 1 in 94 boys -- are diagnosed with the disorder. ...


by Susan Semeleer, Associate Director of Communications, FasterCuresThere are some exceptionally innovative work in biobanking...


by Susan Semeleer, Associate Director of Communications, FasterCures: There are some exceptionally innovative work in biobanking...


by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresWhere are we on the path to treatments and cures for brain and nervous system illnesses...


FasterCures New Blog: FasterCures COO Margaret Anderson provides a glimpse of some programmatic efforts that transform medical research so it could work faster and more efficiently.
Source: fastercures.blogspot.com
Six years ago, FasterCures started working on creating a medical research system for the 21st Century that saves lives by saving time. It’s a lofty goal. But one that must be met without compromise. ...


By Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCures Six years ago, FasterCures started working on creating a medical research system for the 21st Century that saves lives by saving time. It’s a lofty goal. But one that must be met without compromise...


by Margaret Anderson, COO, FasterCuresIs venture philanthropy the new venture capital? The FasterCures-organized session at BIO focused on this question and highlighted the similarities and differences in the two...


FasterCures Save the Date: Dec 1-3, 2009 - inaugural Partnering for Cures conference to unite philanthropists, medical research foundations, and the biopharmaceutical industry and its investors to promote medical research funding and collaboration leading to the timely development of new therapeutics.


Human embryonic stem cell research holds great promise for millions of Americans suffering from many diseases and disorders. Thanks to substantial private and State investment in this area of research over the past decade, significant strides have been made...


FasterCures will be featured in TechSoup Global's NonProfit Commons Health Expo, a mixed reality event that marks the official launch of the Health Commons in Second Life...


FasterCures participated in mixed reality event brought together by TechSoup Global's NonProfit Commons Health Expo. This marks the official launch of the Health Commons in Second Life. Health Commons seeks to bring together real-world health-related nonprofits, academics, educators, thought-leaders, foundations, and volunteer-supporters to showcase recent developments in health care.
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Faster Cures is an organization of action, focused on changing the culture of medical research. They recently entered Second Life, as a means to further their real-world work and mission. Video by Draxtor Despres of the Drax Files.


FasterCures Applies lessons of social entrepreneurship to search for cures.
Source: fastercures.blogspot.com
FasterCures has just released “From Social Entrepreneurship to ‘Cure Entrepreneurship,’” the latest in a series of reports aimed at injecting new, more strategic approaches into the conduct of medical research that hold the promise of accelerating results. ...


FasterCures has just released “From Social Entrepreneurship to ‘Cure Entrepreneurship,’” the latest in a series of reports aimed at injecting new, more strategic approaches into the conduct of medical research that hold the promise of accelerating results...


FasterCures We will be at the 2009 BIO convention, moderating a venture philanthropy panel on Wed, 8a, Rm B314. Join us and hear how biotechs & nonprofit disease research organizations become funding partners.
Source: convention.bio.org
Bio International Convention, Biotechnology Industry Organiztion Conference 2009


As you know, President Obama recently issued an Executive Order instructing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop guidelines to establish a framework for federal funding of embryonic stem cell research...


FasterCures Announces Leadership Changes - Margaret Anderson, COO, to take on additional interim responsibilities; Greg Simon, President, leaves his post to join Pfizer Inc as SVP, Worldwide Poilicy. Effective June 1. Read Greg's blog and press release.
Source: fastercures.blogspot.com
Effective June 1st, I will resign as President of FasterCures and join Pfizer Inc as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Policy. It is hard to imagine it has been six years since I joined Mike Milken to start FasterCures. ...


by Greg Simon, President, FasterCuresEffective June 1st, I will resign as President of FasterCures and join Pfizer Inc as Senior Vice President for Worldwide Policy. It is hard to imagine it has been six years since I joined Mike Milken to start FasterCures...

















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