“The key challenge for us at this Summit - as laid out implicitly
by the electorates, patients, and stakeholders we represent - is to grapple in practical
terms with how we best integrate these opportunities into our healthcare systems.
We cannot stand on the sidelines…
Healthcare needs to move from being our greatest
modern cost to becoming our greatest modern asset.”
– William Castell, The Wellcome Trust
(2005 Summit)
A multi-year dialogue as ambitious and important as the Pacific Health Summit could
not be attempted, much less successful, without the participation and support of forward-thinking
organizations and foundations, and selfless, generous individuals. The Summit is fortunate to have
all of these as sponsors. They are organized as follows:
Founding Organization
The Russell Family Foundation was created as a way for the extended Russell
family to make a quiet, positive impact in the community. Founded with part of
the proceeds from the sale of the Frank Russell Company to Northwestern Mutual
Life in 1999, The Russell Family Foundation seeks to demonstrate integrity,
mutual trust, constructive communication, life-long learning and courage in all
of its activities.
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Presenting Organizations
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan
institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia.
It also serves as the global clearinghouse for Asian research conducted by
specialists and institutions worldwide. Through these activities NBR is
uniquely positioned to promote informed and effective U.S. policy toward the
region.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to promote greater equity in four
areas: global health, education, public libraries, and support for at-risk
families in Washington state and Oregon. The Seattle-based foundation joins
local, national, and international partners to ensure that advances in these
areas reach those who need them most. The foundation is led by Bill Gates's
father, William H. Gates Sr., and Patty Stonesifer.
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The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is an independent, nonprofit
research institution dedicated to the development of lifesaving therapies
through biomedical research. The center is recognized for its pioneering and
leading-edge research that is focused on eliminating cancer and many other
devastating diseases.
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The Wellcome Trust is the largest biomedical research charity in the UK with the mission to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health. It funds innovative biomedical research, spending over £500 million each year to support the brightest scientists with the best ideas. The Wellcome Trust devotes a significant proportion of its funds to research conducted outside the UK and covers a broad range of activities that support global health research. It also supports public debate about biomedical research and its impact on health and wellbeing.
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Sponsors
GE Healthcare demonstrated its leadership by becoming the first organization
to sponsor the Pacific Health Summit. GE Healthcare is a $14 billion unit of General
Electric Company that is headquartered in the United Kingdom. GE Healthcare provides
transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE
Healthcare offers a broad range of services to improve productivity in healthcare and
enable healthcare providers to better diagnose, treat and manage patients with conditions
such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases.
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Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions
that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft’s global vision
enables its diverse workforce to generate innovative ideas and to develop new technology.
Through these ideas, Microsoft has developed the deep foundation necessary to support the
communities that we work and live in each day.
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The Coca-Cola Company is
the largest nonalcoholic beverage company in the world. Along
with Coca-Cola, the Company markets four of the world’s top-five
soft drinks, including diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and nearly
400 brands and more than 2,100 products worldwide -- including
low- and no-calorie soft drinks, juices and juice drinks,
waters, sports and energy drinks, teas, coffees, soy-based
drinks, and fortified beverages with nutritional benefits. In
2004, the Company established the Beverage Institute For Health
& Wellness to advance understanding of role that beverages, and
beverage ingredients, can play in nutrition, health and
wellness.
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes
of Health, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCI
coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research,
training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to
the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from
cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer
patients.
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GlaxoSmithKline – one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare
companies – is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do
more, feel better and live longer. GSK Biologicals (GSK Bio), one of the world’s leading
vaccine manufacturers, is headquartered in Rixensart, Belgium, where the majority of
GlaxoSmithKline’s activities in the field of vaccine research, development and production
are conducted. GSK Bio employs more than 1,500 scientists, who are devoted to discovering
new vaccines and developing more cost-effective and convenient combination products to
prevent infections that cause serious medical problems worldwide. In 2005, GSK Bio distributed
more than 1.2 billion doses of vaccines to 165 countries in both the developed and the
developing world, an average of more than 3 million doses per day.
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Merck & Co., Inc. is a global health research company dedicated to improving humanity through
treatment identification, prevention and cures of unmapped diseases. As one of the largest pharmaceutical
facilities in the world, Merck discovers and produces medicines and vaccines in over 20
remedial categories. Merck is committed to putting patients first and dedicates resources towards
reaching remote locations to provide the most advanced health essentials for those in need.
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As the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, Pfizer Inc discovers, develops,
manufactures, and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals and
many of the world's best-known consumer brands. Pfizer's innovative, value-added
products improve the quality of life of people around the world and help them enjoy
longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company has three business segments:
health care, animal health and consumer health care and their products are available in
more than 150 countries.
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Sanofi Pasteur is the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, one of the world leaders in the
pharmaceutical industry. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company entirely dedicated to vaccines.
The company provided more than 1.6 billion doses of vaccine in 2007, making it possible to immunize
more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, sanofi pasteur
offers the broadest range of vaccines, protecting against 20 infectious diseases. Sanofi Pasteur’s vision
is a world in which no one suffers or dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. Sanofi Pasteur’s mission is
to protect and improve human health worldwide by providing superior, innovative vaccines for the prevention
and treatment of disease, and playing an active role in the immunization community to maximize vaccination.
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PepsiCo is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies. Its principal businesses include: Frito-Lay snacks, Pepsi-Cola beverages, Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices and Quaker foods. PepsiCo's commitment to sustainable growth, defined as Performance with Purpose, is focused on generating healthy financial returns while giving back to communities the Company serves. This includes meeting consumer needs for a spectrum of convenient foods and beverages, reducing the Company's impact on the environment through water, energy and packaging initiatives, and supporting its employees through a diverse and inclusive culture. In 2007 we made great progress toward human sustainability by reformulating some of our existing products to improve their nutritional profile, launching new products that reflect consumer demand for healthier, nutritious snacks and beverages, partnering with governments, health officials and non-governmental organizations to help address obesity concerns and continuing to grow our portfolio of smart spot eligible products.
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Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and
communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies,
highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of
systems and services experts uniquely position us to deliver comprehensive solutions
that open up infinite possibilities for our customers' success. In the healthcare
field, Fujitsu is a leading company in Japan, Europe, and other countries providing
healthcare IT solutions, such as electronic medical records (EMR)
and healthcare networks that enable local, regional, and national collaboration among medical
institutions, healthcare providers, doctors, and patients.
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HP is a global technology solutions provider delivering IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. HP's Business Technology for Health and Life Sciences helps organizations across the value chain deploy systems that improve business and health outcomes through the capture, management, and integration of information related to bioscience innovation, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, and patient data. Our extensive portfolio of products, solutions, services, and partnerships enable health and life science organizations to lower costs, speed innovation into practice, function more efficiently, and improve the quality of care.
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Abbott Nutrition develops and markets a wide range of science-based infant formulas, medical nutritionals, nutrition and energy bars, and related products to support the growth, health and wellness of people of all ages. Abbott Nutrition's internationally recognized brands include the Similac brand of infant formulas; the Gain® brand of growing-up milks for older babies and toddlers; the PediaSure® brand of nutritionals and snacks for children; and the Ensure® brand of adult nutritionals. Additionally, Abbott Nutrition is a leader in medical foods clinically shown to address the distinct dietary needs of people with serious health conditions or special nutrient requirements, such as the Glucerna® brand of nutrition shakes and bars for people with diabetes. Abbott Nutrition also offers specialized nutrition products to meet the unique needs of competitive athletes.
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Virginia Mason is a private, not-for-profit organization that includes a teaching
hospital licensed for 336 beds in Seattle and a network of primary and specialty
care clinics in western Washington. The organization’s vision is to be the Quality
Leader in health care. Virginia Mason’s concept of quality is all-encompassing. It
includes hiring the finest physicians and staff, achieving the best clinical outcomes
and providing unsurpassed service for patients and their families. Virginia Mason is at
the forefront of medical treatment and research with programs such as The Heart Institute,
Floyd & Delores Jones Cancer Institute, Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Bailey-Boushay House
and Benaroya Research Institute.
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Swedish Medical Center is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit health-care
provider in the Pacific Northwest. Swedish is comprised of three hospital campuses
(First Hill, Providence and Ballard), a new community-based emergency room and specialty
center in Issaquah, Swedish Home Care Services and Swedish Physicians – a network of
12 primary-care clinics. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is
known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as
cardiac care, oncology, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, neurological care, sleep
medicine, pediatrics, organ transplantation and clinical research.
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Encompassing the Duke University Health System, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University School of Nursing, Duke Medicine represents the combination of biomedical research, clinical care, and education that takes place through the efforts of thousands of faculty, staff, students, and trainees at sites throughout the Southeast and worldwide.
As a world-class academic and health care system, Duke Medicine strives to transform medicine and health locally and globally through innovative scientific research, rapid translation of breakthrough discoveries, educating future clinical and scientific leaders, advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to improve community health, and leading efforts to eliminate health inequalities.
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Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy’s mission is
to improve the nutritional well-being of people worldwide through the creation of
new knowledge, the application and dissemination of evidence-based information and
the education and training of future leaders in the field. This mission is fulfilled
by bringing together experts from the areas of clinical nutrition, social and public
policy, and biomedicine. Faculty at the school include anthropologists, biomedical
scientists, economists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, physicians, political scientists
and psychologists who focus on a myriad of issues with the common thread of nutrition and
its role in fostering the growth and development of human populations.
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Miraca Holdings Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, provides a wide variety of diagnostic products and over 4,000 clinical testing services through its affiliated companies, including Fujirebio Inc., Fujirebio Diagnostics Inc.
(Pennsylvania, U.S.A., formerly Centocor Diagnostics), and SRL, Inc. With its primary focus on developing, manufacturing and marketing of in vitro diagnostics, medical devices and testing services, Miraca Holdings is and will be committed to global healthcare.
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Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF) is an internationally recognized architecture, planning and interior design firm with over 450 personnel and offices in Seattle, Portland, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. The firm has received over 300 design awards, including the Architecture Firm Award, the highest accolade given to a firm by the American Institute of Architects. As a leading designer of a broad range of facilities, including healthcare and medical research, ZGF is passionate about creating buildings that provide the best possible healing environments for patients and their families, achieve operational efficiencies enabling the highest level of medical care, and inspire cutting-edge medical research and discoveries. Clients include the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, the University of California, and Duke University among others. Recent work in Asia includes the Beijing FuWai Hospital of Cardiovascular Disease, and the Beijing Children's Hospital Leukemia Center in China.
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Supporting Organizations
Edelman is the world's largest independent public relations firm with 1,800 employees
in 39 offices worldwide. In 2003,
The Holmes Group names Edelman "Agency of the Year,"
and
PRWeek voted its work for CIT "Best Campaign of the Year," the industry's most
prestigious award for client programming. Edelman offers clients a comprehensive spectrum
of communications, including public relations, management consulting, public affairs,
research, medical education, and publishing.
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Health Policy Institute, Japan is an independent think-tank that addresses the most pertinent health policy issues facing Japan and the world. The Institute's annual Health Policy Summit gathers the most influential health policy decision makers in Japan across stakeholder groups (government, political parties, business, payors, medicine, academia, patient groups, civil society, and media). For critical policy issues, the Institute conducts original policy research, organizes policy forums, and helps inform the public and decision makers. The Institute also hosts Commission on Citizens and Health (patient advocacy platform) and MD Policy Forum (community of doctors committed to professionalism and policy).
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McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading corporations and organizations make distinctive, lasting
and substantial improvements in their performance. Over the past eight decades, the firm’s primary objective has remained constant:
to serve as an organization’s most trusted external advisor on critical issues facing senior management.
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The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) is a nonprofit membership association for life sciences and related companies and research institutions in the state of Washington. Based in Seattle, WBBA has more than 430 member companies and seven staff. WBBA is governed by a volunteer board of directors and offers its members social and educational events, a purchasing consortium, online resources, a member newsletter and advocacy in the state capitol of Olympia. A statewide strategy for the life sciences is being implemented by WBBA members, while working together to provide better health for people everywhere.
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These sponsors will play a vital role in creating this
historic opportunity – to bridge borders, traverse new policies, stem disease
and save lives – full partners on an expedition to scale the heights of disease
detection and prevention.