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Technology Will Enable Healthcare to Focus on Wellness Rather Than Illness, US Bio-entrepreneur Dr Leroy Hood to Tell The Astellas Innovation Debate™
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Advanced technology has the power to transform healthcare, a world leader in the field of genomics has said ahead of the , taking place on Thursday 29th January 2015 at the .
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Organised and funded by Astellas -- a progressive pharmaceutical company that explores the frontiers of scientific discovery to translate new knowledge into innovative, reliable medicines -- the Astellas Innovation Debates are a series of annual events that bring together world leading experts to discuss the role of innovation in solving some of the greatest challenges of our time.
Dr Hood is the latest internationally recognised expert to join the debate panel, bringing a lifetime's expertise in biotechnical innovation, including the Automated DNA Sequencer that made the Human Genome Project possible.
Now President and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle , Dr Hood has long argued a complete picture of human health requires genetic information, but also a lot more.
Dr Hood is already testing his vision of healthcare underpinned by routine blood monitoring and fitness band readings in a 10-month pilot project with 107 volunteers that was launched in March 2014 . His ambition is to expand this "Wellness" project to follow the health of 100,000 participants, including volunteers from Europe .
Ultimately, personalised medicine will make healthcare more effective and less expensive, he says.
Ken Jones , President and CEO of, Astellas Pharma EMEA, who organise and fund the Astellas Innovation Debate, commented:
Among the panellists joining will be barrister, peer and Vice-President of the Patients Association, , Head of Engineering, University of Oxford and , President of the European Society of Medical Oncology.
Chaired by they will discuss:
For further information, visit http://www.innovationdebate.com, or join the debate on Twitter (@Astellasinnov8 #iGenes)
The Astellas Innovation Debate, organised and funded by Astellas Pharma EMEA, explores the role of innovation in modern society. Astellas is an innovative pharmaceutical company that explores the frontiers of scientific discovery to translate new knowledge into new medicines, aiming to develop treatments that are first in their class and/or best in their class to provide new standards of care for patients and their doctors.
This year's event, , at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 29 January 2015 , is bringing together influential and respected figures from the worlds of science, medicine, law and politics to tackle the major issues surrounding scientific innovation today and tomorrow. The aim of The Astellas Innovation Debate is to air crucial issues, draw positive conclusions and to move the agenda forward.
Previous debates have focused on innovation in a time of austerity, nurturing the innovators of the future and the issues of our ageing population. Panellists, such as Nobel Laureates Professor Sir Andre Geim and Dr Elizabeth Blackburn , Professor Brian Cox , Lord Robert Winston , Professor John Appleby and Professor Mariana Mazzucato have tackled some of the real and important challenges affecting science and scientific discovery, dealing with concrete issues and drawing clear conclusions.
Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd. operates in 40 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and is the EMEA regional business of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc. Astellas is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable pharmaceuticals. The organisation's focus is to deliver outstanding R&D and marketing to continue growing in the world pharmaceutical market. Astellas' presence in Europe also includes an R&D site and three manufacturing plants. The company employs over 4,500 people across the EMEA region. In 2013 Astellas was awarded Pharmaceutical Company of the Year in recognition of its commercial success and pipeline development.