Tag: Public-private partnerships
The Next Crisis Will Start With Empty Office Buildings
“I’m about to cancel all my Zoom meetings.” It was May 2021, and Jamie Dimon had had enough. The JPMorgan Chase CEO expected that “sometime in September, October,” the company’s office would “look just like it did before.” Two years later, his company is slashing its Manhattan footprint by a fifth.
Post-pandemic, kids are back in school, retirees are back on cruise ships, and physical stores are doing better than expected. But offices are struggling perhaps more than most casual
Confronting the world’s number one killer: cardiovascular disease – POLITICO
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) — often regarded as the ‘silent pandemic’ — is the leading cause of death worldwide. In 2019 alone, it was responsible for 18.6 million deaths.
The same year marked the beginnings of the COVID-19 crisis, which revealed profound deficits and inequities in our health care policies and systems. Hospitals were not only overrun and under-resourced, but the prevention, screening and treatment of non-communicable diseases were also disrupted.2 This daunting global crisis, however, revealed something else: our
Europe’s leadership in life sciences needs strong frameworks and partnerships – POLITICO
Life sciences are integral to the European economy and its people. Over two years ago, this ecosystem had to rapidly come together, forging strong partnerships to deploy treatments at unprecedented scale.
This precedent should continue and be considered to aid people suffering from rare diseases. “Around 30 million people across Europe live with a rare disease1. On average, it takes six to seven years to obtain a correct diagnosis2 and over 40% of rare disease patients are