Medical Research

COVID-19 Silver Linings for Biomedical Innovation: Implementation Roadmap

19 Nov 2021

While the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many of the fault lines in the biomedical innovation ecosystem that have slowed progress for decades, we have also shown ourselves capable of innovating in ways we perhaps did not...

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Power of Ideas

Accelerating Change in Medical Education and Research

12 Nov 2021

Duke-NUS Medical School is a graduate-entry medical school that brings together experienced and highly accomplished students with outstanding faculty, translational biomedical research programs, bench-to-bedside innovation, lifelong...

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Thomas M. Coffman

Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

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The Promise of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Technologies in Encouraging Research and Development

3 Nov 2021

New blood-based technologies, known as multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests, are entering the market and can identify multiple cancers early and simultaneously. These tests detect signals found in DNA that cancer cells shed into the...

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Sung Hee Choe, Esther Krofah, and Hadly Clark

3 Nov 2021

Statement of Support

FasterCures Statement of Support for 21st Century Cures 2.0 Legislation

16 Nov 2021

FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, has long supported policies that accelerate new, cutting-edge biomedical innovations to patients. The center was instrumental in gaining support for the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, and...

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Esther Krofah

Executive Vice President, Milken Institute Health

Esther Krofah is the executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, leading FasterCures, Public Health, the Future of Aging, and Feeding Change. She has extensive experience managing efforts to unite diverse stakeholders to solve critical issues and achieve shared goals that improve patients’ lives.

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Case Study: Shedding Light on a Mysterious Condition

11 Oct 2021

Overview Situation As many as one in five people report feelings of rage, disgust, fear, or anxiety when they hear certain sounds associated with chewing, sniffling, tapping, or clicking. However, some experience severe physical and/or...

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News Release

Milken Institute and Ann Theodore Foundation Launch New Funding Program for Sarcoidosis Research

4 Oct 2021

Multimillion-dollar program dedicates funds to advance sarcoidosis knowledge Full Proposals due January 10, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2021 —The Milken Institute’s Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Ann Theodore Foundation today...

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Milken Institute

A Research Partnership Maturity Model for Patient Organizations: Companion Guide

21 Sep 2021

Download Visualization/Guide FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute, created this guide to support the use of its Research Partnership Maturity Model (RPMM) by research-focused patient organizations and other biomedical organizations...

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Creating a Nonprofit Marketplace for Shelved Drugs: Lessons from a Pilot Project

14 Sep 2021

Many promising medicines, despite strong safety data and pharmaceutical characteristics, are discontinued by drug companies for nonscientific reasons, including strategic, organizational, and financial considerations. Gaining access to...

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Sung Hee Choe, Caitlyn Barrett, PhD, Annette Bakker, Kay Koehler, Baiju Shah, and Marco Nievo

14 Sep 2021

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Supporting the Growth of California's Life Sciences Industry

1 Jul 2021

The life sciences are a cornerstone of technological innovation in California. Local firms, laboratories, and universities perform cutting-edge research and development (R&D) activities that have led to numerous technological breakthroughs...

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Alissa Dubetz, Matt Horton, and Aaron Melaas

1 Jul 2021

Power of Ideas

Innovating Cancer Care in a Post-COVID World

9 Jun 2021

Before COVID emerged in 2020, the leading cause of premature death in the US was cancer. About 40 percent of Americans receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetimes, amounting to over 600,000 American deaths in an average year. The impact...

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Joshua Ofman

Chief Medical Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs, GRAIL, Inc.

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