The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today released a startling new paper, Wonder Drugs vs. Superbugs: The 21st Century Battle to Save 10 Million Lives a Year, which clearly lays out the global threat posed by rising drug resistance, widely known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR, and accompanying lack of effective new drugs.

(Release translated from the original Chinese) Beijing, CHINA (January 26, 2022) – In 2022, China will enter the deep aging society (with more than 14% of total population over the age of 65). At the same time, China will enter a new period of common prosperity. China’s GDP per capita exceeded US $10,000, the urbanization…

The coupled crises of rising rates of drug resistant infections and stagnating antibiotic innovation is especially perilous for Japan and other aging societies, says new report from the Global Coalition on Aging and Health and Global Policy Institute, released during Japan’s AMR Awareness Month. Tokyo, JAPAN (November 18, 2021) – A new report released today…

New York, NEW YORK (November 16, 2021) – The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) today released a new report, Shining a Spotlight on Caregiving: Employer Practices Through a Policy Lens. The report links 21st century employer benefits to a new social contract for how to meet growing employee needs in our aging society. The report is sponsored by Bank of America.

New York, NY and Tokyo, JAPAN (October 25, 2021) – The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA) and the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) today launched a new report identifying incentives for health innovation as a fundamental requirement for economic growth and fiscal sustainability in Japan and other rapidly ageing societies across the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and worldwide.