Not surprisingly, one of the opening plenaries of the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference was focused on Covid-19, a discussion that focused on innovations, technologies, and partnerships that have been leveraged to accelerate recovery at the local, national, and global levels. Mike moderated the panel with Mark McClellan, Founding Director, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, and a former FDA Commissioner; Cerner President and CEO David Feinberg; Julie Gerberding, Chief Patient Officer and Executive Vice President at Merck; and WHO Foundation CEO Anil Soni.