Getty President Michael Milken of the Milken Institute posed perhaps the most important question during arguably the most important session of the Institute’s Future of Health Summit last week. Given that we’ve been talking about the health and economic burden of chronic disease for decades, he asked, when are we finally going to make progress? …
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TOKYO, December 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Eisai Co., Ltd. (headquarters : TokyoCEO: Haruo Naito“Eisai”) announced today that Eisai and University of Washington School of Medicine Saint Louis have entered into a global research collaboration agreement aimed at creating potential new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). University of Washington …
Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases are responsible for 41 million deaths every year. That’s over 70% of all deaths worldwide. Most of these deaths (77%) occur in low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa. These conditions are currently more prevalent than infectious diseases. Sixty-seven percent occur before the age of …
