Margaret Anderson, CEO of FasterCures, recently moderated a webinar with the Myelin Repair Foundation, the Kauffman Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Scott Cook & Signe Ostby Foundation on the topic of “Developing Cures with Less Time & Capital.”

She also just published an article in the Milken Institute Review on the “perfect storm of discovery” brewing which may refocus a search for cures for more diseases.

In the article, Anderson discusses the fact that most basic science research funded by the National Institutes of Health are focused on revealing the underlying mysteries of biology, which is necessary but not sufficient to develop patient treatments.  She sees a growing role for non-profit disease research organizations in sparking innovation in the process due to their close relationships with patient communities,  tools such as trial registries and tissue banks, and their ability to move quickly to address emerging translational and clinical opportunities.

Read her entire article in PDF format here.

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