Diseases and conditions

We constantly seek answers to complex and often crippling diseases. Our successes have resulted in medicines that we use today to fight diseases like diabetes, breast cancer, and HIV. For example:

• Heart medicines called statins have reduced hospitalizations and surgery from heart disease.¹ Now, we have our cholesterol checked and manage it in order to lower our risk of heart disease
• Blood pressure medicines have helped to prevent stroke²
• Medicines to treat HIV have helped lower the death rate by more than 70% in less than ten years (1995-2002).³ For people with HIV, medicines can mean the difference between life and death⁴

Yesterday's successes pay for the research into medicines that will help us tomorrow—for diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis.

The search for new medicines offers hope for everyone—the promise of fewer deaths, less disability, and a better quality of life. For people like Meryl Comer, delivering on that promise can't come soon enough.

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