Thanks to the generosity of Lynda and Stewart Resnick, the Institute’s global programs in public health will greatly expand and accelerate. Our Center for Public Health, headquartered in Washington, D.C., has been renamed the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Public Health. Read more »

The Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets welcomes two senior-level hires in the areas of innovative finance and financial-markets policy: Aron Betru as Managing Director, and Michael Bright as Director. “Together they will help advance our agenda to improve access to capital and to shape policy debate on critical financial issues,” said Staci Warden, executive director of the Center for Financial Markets. Read more »

More than 800 people have participated in FasterCures' free Webinar series this year, which is designed to spotlight innovative approaches to disease research. This month, leaders from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Health Council and Avalere discussed the next generation of tools to integrate the patient perspective in value assessments. Earlier this year, a Webinar explored the future of research-by-collaboration in medical R&D and featured speakers from the Food and Drug Administration, TransCelerate BioPharma and the Critical Path Institute. Watch Webinar »

Where is the Taiwanese economy heading? Will Taiwan's industries reinvent themselves to share the upside of the increasingly technology-driven service space? Read the report »

As traditional financial institutions became hesitant to lend to small business and some consumer categories, online, non-bank finance platforms are picking up the slack in those markets. But who are the non-bank lenders? How do these firms operate? Read the report »

In the United States, approximately 100,000 individuals are living with NF1 — a disease with no known cure. Though it is classified as a rare disease, NF1 is more prevalent than cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington's disease combined. Read the report »