Gates, Novo Nordisk And Wellcome Commit $300 Million To Climate Change, Infectious Diseases And Nutrition

Forbes May 6, 2024
Robert Hart

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Novo Nordisk Foundation joined forces on Monday to tackle some of the world’s most pressing health problems, an endeavor that pulls together three of philanthropy’s biggest players to tap developments in science and technology at a time when funding and attention for global health among governments is faltering.

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“Solutions will start in science,” said Wellcome CEO John-Arne Røttingen. “In today’s complex world, health challenges increasingly overlap,” Røttingen said, meaning they require global collaboration to resolve....

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