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Financing Cancer Discovery Research: Models to Accelerate Breakthroughs
Cancer discovery research produces the knowledge, data, and tools that underpin advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment...
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Financing Cancer Discovery Research: Models to Accelerate Breakthroughs
Cancer discovery research produces the knowledge, data, and tools that underpin advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment...
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Today's biomedical research system is often siloed, bureaucratic, and too slow to meet the needs of patients across the globe. We accelerate biomedical science and innovation to remove unnecessary barriers so that lifesaving and life-enhancing treatments can reach those who need them as rapidly and as safely as possible.
Accelerating Innovation
Removing barriers to innovations that hold great promise for patients, and facilitating dialogue on the path forward for new technologies.
Advancing Health Around the World
Promoting investments and policies to build early warning systems as a core component of surveillance strategies to identify threats of the pandemic potential.
Engaging Patients in Research and Health
Strengthening the ability of patient foundations, non-profit organizations, and patients to engage with the R&D process from beginning to end in full partnership.
Improving the R&D Environment
Preserving the lessons learned from COVID-19, ensuring the engagement of diverse communities in research, and supporting efforts to speed clinical trials and build inclusive research infrastructure.
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Milken Institute's Future of Health Summit 2026 Opens in Washington, DC Focused on “Better Health Within Reach”
The Milken Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank focused on accelerating measurable progress on the path to a meaningful life, opens its Future of Health Summit 2026 today at The Potomac Hotel in Washington, DC, running through...Read ArticleImage
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Financing Cancer Discovery Research: Models to Accelerate Breakthroughs
Cancer discovery research produces the knowledge, data, and tools that underpin advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This work can take years, often before a commercial opportunity becomes clear. Funding cycles do not always...Read ReportCancer discovery research produces the knowledge, data, and tools that underpin advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Advancing Health Equity in Cancer Care in the Asia Pacific and Middle East
Cancer cases worldwide are projected to reach 30 million annually by 2050, with the Asia Pacific and Middle East facing significant and growing disease burdens. Despite advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, access to cancer care...Read Report
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Sustainable Business Models for Community-Serving Organizations in Research
As the research landscape evolves, community-serving organizations (CSOs) are being widely recognized as essential infrastructure partners. Sustainable business models that support their contributions across the research lifecycle must be...Read ReportAs the research landscape evolves, community-serving organizations (CSOs) are being widely recognized as essential infrastructure partners.
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A Roadmap for Engaging Emerging Sites and Investigators in Clinical Research
Clinical trials are struggling to enroll enough patients—80 percent fail to meet enrollment targets on time, and 37 percent of sites underenroll.Read Report
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Request for Information on Draft NIH Policy on Sharing Summary Level Study Results with Clinical Research Participants
October 26, 2026 Dr. Lyric Jorgenson Associate Director for Science Policy Director, Office of Science Policy National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 Re: Request for Information: Draft NIH Policy on Sharing Summary Level Study...Read LetterImage
Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute HealthEsther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging and Longevity, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals. -
Enabling Access to Clinical Research: An Action Plan for Policy and Practice Change
Joining a clinical trial in the US today is harder than it should be. Governed by dozens of entities, the system has become fragmented and burdensome.Read Report
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Imperatives for United States Clinical Research Leadership and Coordination
The US spends nearly 18 percent of its GDP on health care, yet life expectancy has barely improved and outcomes trail those of peer nations.Read Report
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Legislative Discussion Draft of the Next-Generation US Clinical Development to Accelerate Cures
On behalf of the FasterCures team at the Milken Institute, thank you for your leadership on clinical trial modernization and for the opportunity to comment on the discussion draft of the Next-Generation US Clinical Development to Accelerate...Read LetterImage
Esther Krofah
Executive Vice President, Milken Institute HealthEsther Krofah is the executive vice president of Health at the Milken Institute, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging and Longevity, and Feeding Change. A recognized expert in health policy, biomedical innovation, and clinical research, Krofah has extensive experience shaping health initiatives that unite diverse stakeholders, foster collaboration, and motivate action toward shared goals.
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