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Pediatric Biomarkers: A Slow Zone for Patients

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...
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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

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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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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Exploring the Impact of the 21st Century Cures Act

FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute, and Society of Women’s Health Research (SWHR) advocated for the 21st Century Cures Act, which resulted in positive changes for women’s health research. The Cures Act, signed into law on...
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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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