April 26, 2018 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Achaogen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAO), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative antibacterials addressing multi-drug resistant (MDR) gram-negative infections, today announced that it has entered into an award agreement with Read More
Year: 2018
The Guardian: ‘The earlier you go, the longer you live’: HIV self-testing in South Africa
By Rebecca Ratcliffe April 16, 2018 David* is perched on a stool, staring at the table in front of him. On it, a small testing stick stands in a cylinder of liquid. “I’ve never tested before, so I thought I Read More
Bill Gates: The business of improving global health
By Bill Gates January 8, 2018 Bill Gates gave a speech at the J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco in 2018 to encourage top executives and capitalists to invest in global health. His prepared remarks focus on the Read More
Forbes: Bill Gates tells healthcare’s capitalists how to save five million kids
By Matthew Herper January 8, 2018 Bill Gates addressed top executives at the annual J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference in San Francisco. This address was part of the foundation’s efforts to encourage the private sector to invest in global health. Read More
Bloomberg: Bill Gates says private sector can profit from public health
By Ivan Levingston January 8, 2018 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is growing private sector partnerships and encouraging biotech professionals to invest in public health. The foundation’s Program Related Investments Team is highlighted as a business case to demonstrate Read More
Al Jazeera: Zambia cholera crisis: ‘Burying people by the hundreds’
January 14, 2018 Zambia’s government says it will ease some of the emergency measures it introduced to stamp out a cholera outbreak that has killed at least 72 people. Al Jazeera looks at how health workers are delivering new solutions Read More
Barron’s: Big pharma and start-ups are key to health gains
By Andrew Bary January 13, 2018 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is encouraging major pharmaceutical companies and startups to get involved in global health initiatives. He expressed his excitement about how biotech, pharma, and global health are overlapping in Read More