Today’s Americans will live longer and healthier than their parents and grandparents. Half of all baby boomers will reach their 85th birthdays. By 2020, there will be 6.4 million centenarians. Even Hallmark Cards sells 85,000 100th birthday cards a year.Still, nearly 1.3 million people die from heart disease and cancer every year. Obesity is a growing problem with no obvious solution. Other diseases kill hundreds of thousands a year.Developing safe and effective treatments is the next challenge for drug makers such as Amgen.
