Humana & Pfizer Form Partnership for Health Care Improvement

The partnership will bring researchers and health care experts to study key issues and deliver interventions to reduce inefficiencies in the management of chronic conditions.

US-based health care company Humana Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have announced a five-year research partnership to explore new ideas and ways to improve the quality, outcomes and costs of the health care delivery system for senior citizens and other populations.

The partnership will bring researchers and health care experts from both organizations to study key issues and deliver interventions to reduce inefficiencies in the management of chronic conditions such as pain, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

This collaboration will leverage Humana's experience with making health care more affordable for seniors and Pfizer's expertise in researching and developing medicines to treat chronic conditions- bringing together data and scientific