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LeadersLink Program
What is the FasterCures LeadersLink Program?
Established in 2020, the FasterCures LeadersLink Progr
am is a capacity-building program to support the personal development of an emerging cadre o, What Are the Goals of the Program?
The program aims to help promising nonprofit research leaders worldwide build high-performing organizations and facilitate the growth of their peer support network.
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Foundations’ Role in Supporting Clinical Trial Innovation Toolkit
Patient-driven foundations have been playing an increasingly active and important role in supporting
clinical trials as well as the infrastructure to conduct trials in their conditions of interest., Tools You Can Use
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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) advoca
ted for the 21st Century Cures Act, which resulted in positive changes for women’s health research.
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Patient-Reported Outcomes: Design with the End in Mind
“What outcomes matter to patients?”
This question is asked at nearly every meeting in biomedical R
&D and health care.
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Patient-Focused Drug Development Meetings: Smart Practices from Community Leaders
FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, designed this guide for patient advocacy organizatio
ns that are interested in hosting, or are currently planning, an externally led patient-focused drug development (PFDD)
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Cell and Gene Therapies: Looking Ahead to 2022
Cell and gene therapies are a new category of medicines transforming how we treat and potentially c
ure disease. Both cell and gene therapies seek to modify genetic material to fight disease.
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Strengthening the Biomedical Innovation Ecosystem: A Scorecard for System Assessment
As patients, we often evaluate our interactions within the "system" of biomedical innovation with a
simple question: "Did it work for me?" This evaluation considers many issues, including whether the best treatments are accessible and available, how the
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Tackling COVID-19 in Nigeria: Health Tech Rising to the Challenge
“What is the role of the private sector in economic growth in Nigeria, especially when it comes to
economic recovery and transformation after the pandemic?”
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The Drive for More Diverse and Representative Clinical Trials
How can foundations help to drive diverse and representative clinical trials in the face of long s
tanding racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare and research?
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Master Protocols, Adaptive Designs, and Bayesian Statistics – Oh My
Master Protocols, Adaptive Designs, and Bayesian Statistics: These innovative trial approaches are
sometimes described as being “patient-centric.” Are they? What are the challenges and opportunities for patient groups to support them?
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Opportunities for Patient Group Engagement in Clinical Trials
What is the range of opportunities for patient foundations to support more rapid and effective cli
nical research, through preference studies and other patient insights, trial design and networks, recruitment and retention?
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