Top charities team up with $300m for climate, health equity

The Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Wellcome have joined forces to tackle some of the most pressing threats to human health and wellb

Gates, Wellcome-backed TB vaccine starts phase 3 trial

A huge and much-anticipated phase 3 trial of a new tuberculosis vaccine has kicked off in South Africa, raising hopes of a better way to tackle a disease that – despite be

Gates Foundation, Wellcome put $550m behind new TB jab

A potentially game-changing new vaccine for tuberculosis is set for a major clinical trials programme, thanks to $550 million in funding from philanthropic organisations t

Wellcome funds work on regulating digital mental health tool...

An explosion of digital mental health tools being offered for sale has presented regulators with a problem – how should they be classified and assessed for safety or efficacy?

COSMIC database matches drugs to cancer mutations

The world's largest database of cancer mutations can now be used to link mutations with drug treatments in what promises to be a step forward in precision oncology. 

Charities bankroll coronavirus drug hunt, as outbreak hits e...