FasterCures is not just our name - it's our mission.

We are an "action tank" that works to improve the medical research system - so that we can speed up the time it takes to get important new medicines from discovery to patients.

Despite the human and financial capital flowing through our health-care system, the fact remains that more than 100 million Americans suffer from cancer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, heart disease and other illnesses for which there are still no cures - and, in many cases, few meaningful treatment options.

We'll all be patients at some point. We have to act quickly and act smartly - because patients are dying every day waiting for treatments and cures.

Our mission is to accelerate the progress of discovery and development of new medical solutions for deadly and debilitating diseases. We are nimble and independent, a "safe place" for key stakeholders of the medical research enterprise to come together and get things done.

One of the venues where we bring together these stakeholders is Partnering for Cures. This FasterCures meeting convenes leaders from all sectors in medical research with the express purpose of making collaboration happen - collaborations that must happen if we are to speed up the time it takes to turn discoveries into treatments and cures.

FasterCures, the Milken Institute's Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions, is nonpartisan and not affiliated with interest groups.

Learn more about our programs.

Contact:
Margaret Anderson
Executive Director
manderson@fastercures.org