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New Models for Financing Translational Medical Research in Singapore

Adapting scientific lab discoveries into life-saving drugs for commercial consumption is no small feat. Often times medical research stalls when drugs get to the translational stage of the process. This refers to the period between the...
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Quintus Lim

Quintus Lim

Associate Director, Asia, Milken Institute International
Quintus Lim is an associate director of policy and programs for the International pillar at the Milken Institute. He focuses on policy areas such as R&D financing, technological adoption across domains such as health, food, agriculture, finance, and the broader economy, and issues of ecosystem building.
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Power of Ideas

Bringing People Together to Solve Complex Problems

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s thwarted but ultimately heroic Arctic Endurance expedition, BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the San Jose copper mine collapse that trapped 33 Chilean miners underground. These are some of the challenges at...
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Mark Pollock

Explorer, Speaker, and Collaboration Catalyst
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Power of Ideas

Become Meaningful to Others

In a world where it is easy to become obsessed with self-image and the public depiction of our own success, the perception of a meaningful life has become one where our own ambitions are achieved. Even if those ambitions are to help others...
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Trudi Beswick

Disability Rights Campaigner and CEO, Caudwell Children
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Power of Ideas

Death Is a Great Teacher: Or How I Learnt Everything I Know About Life from 110-year-old Holocaust Survivor Alice Sommer and Terminally Ill Teenager Claire Wineland

Dear Sir or Madam, We regret to inform you that you will die next year. Kind regards, Death When asked what surprised him most about humanity, the Dalai Lama answered: “Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he...
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Nick Reed

Oscar Winner; Co-Founder, Shareability; and Film Producer
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Power of Ideas

Changing the Story of Cancer: From Loss to Hope

Cancer is personal. Almost half of all men and a third of all women in the United States will receive a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives. Yet this diagnosis still comes as a shock and sparks the fear of loss. I’ve certainly...
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Andy Schmeltz

Global President and General Manager, Pfizer Oncology
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