The foundation provided support to create a new working capital facility managed by UNICEF to help fund manufacturers to ramp up the production of life-saving Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF). This will enable suppliers to buy raw ingredients, increase staffing, and pay Read More
Program Areas: Global Health
Vir to extend COVID-19 treatment approach to HIV, malaria with $50M from Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $40 million in equity investment and $10 million in grant funding to Vir Biotechnology for the development of therapies against HIV and Malaria, Vir announced Friday. Read the full Press Release here.
Inventprise LLC
Inventprise is an innovative vaccine development company based out of Redmond, Washington that is focused on developing efficacious, affordable vaccines for global populations most in need. The foundation invested in the Company to advance its novel pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (“IVT-25”). Read More
Exscientia enters $70M collaboration to develop anti-viral therapeutics against Coronavirus and other viruses with pandemic potential
[September 8, 2021] Exscientia, an AI-driven pharmatech company with a mission to radically improve how drugs are discovered, today announced a four-year collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a non-profit focused on fighting global poverty, disease, and inequity, Read More
Exscientia AI Limited
Exscientia plc is an artificial intelligence-driven pharmaceutical company focused on discovering, designing, and developing drugs in a fast, efficient manner, with three AI-designed drugs that are in Phase 1 human clinical trials. The foundation invested in the Company to develop Read More
Vir Bio’s IPO Brings In $143M for Tests of Hepatitis B Drug and More
XCONOMY SAN FRANCISCO – Vir Biotechnology has joined the public markets, raising $142.9 million to support clinical tests of its infectious disease drugs. Read the full press release here.
Press Release: Intestinal Inflammation in Infants Dramatically Reduced with Bifidobacterium infantis
University of California, Davis Study Shows up to 98% Reduction of Intestinal Inflammation Markers Linked to Colic, Eczema, Asthma and Diabetes DAVIS, Calif., Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Findings from a new study published today in Pediatric Research show that feeding activated Read More
Press Release: Novel Probiotic Strain Dramatically Reduces Antibiotic Resistance In Infants
Breakthrough Study Reveals Activated B. infantis EVC001 as the First Infant Probiotic to Be Effective in the Fight Against Global Health Epidemic DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Evolve BioSystems, Inc. today announced findings from a new study that identified Read More
Press Release: Medicines Development for Global Health Discloses Novo Nordisk as Purchaser of its Priority Review Voucher
Significant portion of proceeds will be reinvested in neglected disease research and control efforts, fully realizing the original intent of this important public health funding mechanism Melbourne, Australia, 9 August 2019 – Today, in conjunction with its second quarter financial Read More
Atreca
Atreca is a biotechnology company that employs its proprietary discovery platform to generate and develop therapeutics based on its ability to rapidly characterize the human adaptive immune response at the single cell level. The Atreca platform enables the high-throughput phylogenetic Read More