When Fortune magazine called Mike "The Man Who Changed Medicine," they affirmed the effectiveness of his work, for three decades, to accelerate medical progress against a wide range of life-threatening diseases. His work supporting new treatments for melanoma and breast cancer in the 1970s, and his support of leading researchers beginning in 1982 through the Milken Family Foundation, have informed his current initiatives through FasterCures. Mike has held meetings in more than 20 nations in recent years to confer with industry and government officials about new efforts that can reduce the burdens of heart disease, cancer and other deadly conditions.