Julie Carretero is an associate director at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based research and development arm of Novartis that provides health and well-being products to people around the world. Carretero works to provide new pharmaceuticals to help improve peoples' lives.

1. The Future of
Pharmaceuticals
By Julie Carretero

2. The Future of Pharmaceuticals
Julie Carretero is an associate director at
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, a New Jersey-based
research and development arm of Novartis that
provides health and well-being products to
people around the world. Carretero works to
provide new pharmaceuticals to help improve
peoples' lives.

3. The Future of Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals serve a critical role in reducing
the cost of health care. In fact, for many major
diseases experienced by the elderly, the positive
benefits from newly discovered pharmaceuticals
greatly outweigh the cost of purchasing the
medications. However, the real power of these
products lies in the future ability of developers
such as Carretero to customize each prescription
to the patient.

4. The Future of Pharmaceuticals
As human understanding of diseases increases,
including the genetic and molecular drivers of
these diseases, it will likely become ever more
possible to build pharmaceuticals that treat each
person based on their genome. These
advancements will better serve the elderly and
the population as a whole.