Overview

Why Is FasterCures Necessary?

Seventeen years. Are you willing to wait that long for a new therapy if you or a loved one is diagnosed with a disease for which a treatment doesn't exist? We aren't.

Consider this: The top speed of a train is limited not only by the power of its engine, but by the tracks on which it runs. It's not the speed of the train that holds us back, it's the speed of the track.

If we make fundamental changes to the tracks that support the medical research engine, we can accelerate progress and sustain a higher speed in the pursuit of cures.

We often read about new medical breakthroughs. And yet why does it take nearly two decades to translate these discoveries into effective treatments, especially in an era in which the cure for many diseases should be so close?

The way we see it, progress stalls amid a tangle of regulation, misplaced and misaligned priorities, and conflicting incentives that permeate the medical research environment.

It's time we fixed the tracks.