1、August 2025Healthspan science may enable healthier lives for allBiomedical interventions that materially affect the aging process and improve health outcomes may emerge in the future.Stakeholders can shape their roles in this potentially transformative field now.ContentsChapter 1:Healthspan science
2、is an increasingly plausible field for investmentChapter 2:Seven shifts can help advance the field GlossaryChapter 3:Broad stakeholder involvement could accelerate progress toward enhanced healthspan for all1332255Executive summary22Healthspan science may enable healthier lives for allExecutive summ
3、ary“Healthspan”refers to the years of life spent in good or great health and free from serious diseases or disabilities.An established body of evidence shows that nutrition,sleep,physical activity,appropriate stress levels,social connection,and a conducive environment allow people to live more years
4、 in good health and improve their overall longevity.Now,innovators are investigating complementary biomedical tools intended to help people remain healthy for longer.The McKinsey Health Institute(MHI)has extensively examined the drivers that increase healthspan,with particular deep dives on the focu
5、s areas of brain health,metabolic health,and womens health.This specific report will not look at behavioral or ecosystem drivers of health and instead focus entirely on biomedical innovation targeting biological aging processeswhich could have implications for many angles of human health,including t
6、hese areas.Healthspan science,1 which focuses on biomedical innovations that target the biological aging process and contribute to healthy longevity,is a fast-growing field.The five-year average for investment quadrupled in the past decade,and clinical trial initiation has grown 27 percent over five