Longevity Politics

Health and Longevity Politics Global (HLPG or Longevity Politics for short) is happy to present you with our first interview with non other, than Felix Werth, founder and leader of the German Party for Health Research (PfHR), a unique single-issue political party focusing making medical advances counteracting age-associated diseases as its top priority. Earlier we reported that PfHR has finalised its election program for the upcoming European elections on 26th, May, 2019. The success of PfHR on this election might become a watershed moment for all those around the world representing a new, fresh approach for health and longevity politics. Please read Felix’s detailed answers to form an impression yourself. The interview was very slightly edited to ease understanding.

HLPG: Hi Felix. Tell us about yourself in a couple of sentences, who are you and how has been your life unfolded so far?

Felix Werth: I was born in 1978. After school I did my masters degree in electrical and computer engineering, because I like math and physics. In 2012 I learned, that we have a chance to develop effective medicine against all diseases of old age in the near future. Because I think, that this is so very important, I decided to make it to my life´s purpose to help with this development, because the more people help, the faster we will probably achieve this goal. I switched fields and got a biochemistry degree to help with the research directly. Because I learned how slow the progress in the lab is and because the development of effective medicine against the diseases of old age could be hastened significantly with much more scientists and investments, I decided to do advocacy for more government funding in this area.  

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