Health and Wellness

Advancing a promising scientific discovery to a viable treatment option requires long-term coordinated efforts from leaders across the biomedical ecosystem. Leaders from patient-centered nonprofits play a unique role in these efforts: they...

Two potential vaccines moving to clinical trial stage in addition to WHO’s global SOLIDARITY trial WASHINGTON, March 26, 2020 — The Milken Institute COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Tracker has identified 16 new treatments in the pipeline...

For a number of years, the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy has been among the voices advocating for philanthropists to expand the scale of their social investments by unlocking the resources being held in donor-advised...

Instead of stepping into spring and the rituals of emerging from winter's slumber, today we are faced with a crisis that's unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetimes. Coronavirus has brought health systems around the world to the...

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2020 – Esther Krofah, a respected leader in biomedical research, development, and public policy, has been named executive director of FasterCures, the Milken Institute center devoted to accelerating access to life...

Q. When it comes to oncology, what is one specific example of how the system is not performing well for patients, in other words, a Slow Zone? A. Pediatric oncology is a space in which technological and performance enhancements greatly...

Q. When it comes to oncology, what is one specific example of how the system is performing well, or what we’re calling a “Hotspot”? A. The Veterans Administration’s partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), a philanthropic...

Quick Links Step One: Discover Existing Research » Step Two: Articulate Ideals» Step Three: Identify Measures » As patients, we often evaluate our interactions with the “system” of healthcare innovation and delivery with a simple question:...