How Can We Remove Barriers to Medical Progress?

"There's never been a more exciting time in medical research than today." So states leading philanthropist and health advocate Michael Milken in a conversation with Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D., chief medical officer of Pfizer. . The good news is that exciting medical breakthroughs are within our grasp; the not-so-good news is that it still takes too long and costs too much to bring new medical treatments to patients.