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Placing New Bets in Biomedical Innovation: Where Is the Next Cure?
We are at the cusp of a golden age in medicine. CRISPR tools and mRNA vaccines are among the man
y innovations that stand to revolutionize healthcare. Continuing advances in AI promise to accelerate further the development of new treatments and cures.
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How Corporate Philanthropy Meets the Moment
In the ever-evolving landscape of corporate philanthropy, driving meaningful progress toward sha
red social and environmental objectives has become paramount.
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Part 2: Exploring Alternative Funding Models for Small Business
Financial innovations proliferated in recent decades, yet access to capital to launch or scale r
emains the top challenge for most small businesses, especially women and minorities.
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M&A: Moving On and Up
Plagued by price discrepancy, rising costs of capital, volatility in equity markets, and uncerta
in earnings and growth forecasts, M&A deal values and volumes fell in 2023 down 16 percent in dollar terms.
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Banks Stepping Out, Private Credit Stepping In
The private credit market has grown remarkably: from $875 billion in 2020 to approximately $1.4
trillion at the start of 2023. It is now projected to reach $2.3 trillion by 2027.
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Private Credit Cashing In
As higher interest rates and the threat of increased capital reserve requirements add to the cos
t of lending for traditional banks, private debt has filled the gap, growing almost 250 percent in the last five years.
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Mindfulness in Action: What the World Needs Now
In an increasingly complex and fast-paced world, the practice of mindfulness has emerged as an e
ssential tool for addressing pressing global issues while nurturing inner peace and resilience.
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Technology Powering Urban Innovation
With more than half of the world's population now residing in urban areas, the imperative for su
stainable city planning and development has never been greater.
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Charting India’s Emergence: Prosperous or Precarious?
India is hot on investors’ minds.
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FasterCures Advisory Councils Meeting (Invite only)
This meeting brings together the FasterCures Advisory Groups—including the Board, Business Counc
il, and Changemakers nonprofit advisory council—to discuss timely topics across the biomedical research ecosystem.
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Can Capitalism Safeguard Democracy?
As the Berlin Wall collapsed and the Cold War ended, the theory that free markets produced free
people reached its zenith. As countries become richer and markets freer, the story went, the more likely it was that democracy would emerge and take hold.
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Health Economics Driving New Investments
In this session panelists will first explore the economic and financial toll of health inequitie
s in hindering access to affordable health care, including drugs and treatments as well as participation in clinical trials.
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