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Our mission is to improve health outcomes by accelerating appropriate, timely, and equitable patient access to biomedical products in ways that work for all stakeholders.

We welcome the opportunity to speak with you about philanthropic gifts and social impact investments to support our efforts at the Center for Biomedical System Design at Tufts Medical Center. Please contact Gigi Hirsch to learn more.

Highlights of our contributions to patient-centered healthcare innovation

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BioCentury: The unsung public policy innovators paving the path to cures

How NEWDIGS, Duke-Margolis’ public policy innovation is enabling curative therapies

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Adaptive Biomedical Innovation: Evolving Our Global System to Sustainably and Safely Bring New Medicines to Patients in Need

We aim to overhaul biomedical innovation to match scientific progress through Adaptive Biomedical Innovation (ABI), integrating tools to accelerate reliable delivery of medical products addressing unmet needs, fostering stakeholder collaboration and adaptive decision-making to manage uncertainties effectively.

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Advancing Healthcare through Innovation and Collaboration

NEWDIGS fosters collaborative, innovative solutions to biomedical innovation challenges, exemplified by Evidera's involvement in LEAPS, aiming to create a purpose-driven evidence ecosystem integrating real-world and trial data for patient-centered innovation.

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BioCentury OpEd: Biomedical Innovation Requires Health System Innovation

Gigi Hirsch & Jane Barlow's BioCentury commentary sparks discussions on prioritizing the "Next Big Thing" at the Center for Biomedical System Design and NEWDIGS, emphasizing the shift from drug cost to health efficiency and inviting feedback to advance biomedical innovation.

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NEWDIGS Consortium Awarded Danaher Foundation Community Impact Grant

Our work in NEWDIGS aligns with the Danaher Foundation’s goal in healthcare innovation of improving the patient journey by accelerating accurate diagnosis, the development of, and access to innovative treatments for cancer and rare diseases.

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Catalyzing the Transformation of Healthcare Innovation

The pharmaceutical industry faces high expectations to deliver cures and relief from disease burdens safely, despite challenges in increasing new drug production and addressing pressing medical needs.

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Access and availability of orphan drugs in the United States: advances or cruel hoaxes?

The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 expanded access to treatments for rare diseases, but challenges remain in developing more drugs and managing patient costs, urging a coordinated approach to enhance accessibility without drawbacks.

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The resource navigation challenges for patients and caregivers

Our research identifies complex financial burdens on patients and caregivers, spanning from direct costs like co-pays to broader challenges in navigating resources effectively.

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Precision for Whom? Partnering with patients to ensure that Precision Medicine targets what matters

Despite advancements in patient engagement, navigating the most impactful models and approaches in healthcare and research contexts remains challenging; integrating patient-generated health data (PGHD) and patient expertise is crucial for advancing Precision Medicine effectively.

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Stakeholder collaboration, the gateway to patient-centered care

FHI’s inaugural roundtable sought to find a collaborative approach, with each stakeholder, to better identify and implement ways to find, manage and treat their patients, effectively and safely, in this challenging and unprecedented healthcare landscape.

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