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    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Wellcome vows to boost spending even if endowment has to be tapped

      Charity’s chair Julia Gillard commits to £16bn investment in science and health over next decade

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Racial equality
      Wellcome vows action to counter its ‘institutional racism’

      Medical charity will introduce funding stream aimed at black and minority researchers

    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Bill Gates
      Bill Gates warns of pandemics potentially far worse than Covid

      Philanthropist calls on governments to contribute billions to tackle future pathogens and increase vaccine supplies

    • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
      Medical science
      Wellcome Trust in £16bn spending pledge as world prepares for endemic Covid

      Top UK medical charity to focus on next generation vaccines as it warns of complacency over future variants

    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Wellcome director resigns as UK government science adviser

      Jeremy Farrar calls Covid-19 picture ‘concerning’ but insists he is not leaving Sage as a protest

    • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
      Medical science
      Wellcome Trust hails ‘spectacular year’ for science

      Medical charity’s endowment boosted investments in research, much of it tied to pandemic

    • Friday, 6 November, 2020
      UK property
      Wellcome Trust to buy developer Urban&Civic for £506m

      Medical charity commits to long-term investment in regeneration-focused housebuilding

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      Disease control and prevention
      How to spread the word about antibiotic resistance

      The FT is working with the Wellcome Trust to raise awareness of a growing threat

    • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
      Coronavirus: free to read
      Why is the ‘anti-vaxxer’ movement growing during a pandemic?

      US concerns that Trump will rush to approve a vaccine before election is playing into wider safety fears

    • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus treatment20 min
      Coronavirus: the global race for a vaccine | FT Interview

      The Wellcome Trust's Jeremy Farrar on the prospects for a Covid-19 vaccine

    • Thursday, 14 May, 2020
      Wellcome goes global and appoints Julia Gillard as next chair

      Former Australian prime minister will be first non-Briton to head UK’s biggest charity

    • Tuesday, 7 April, 2020
      Impact investing
      Wellcome seeks $8bn from business to fight coronavirus

      Research group launches ‘Covid-zero’ to fund hunt for vaccines, treatments and testing

    • Monday, 30 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust to fund Covid-19 drug trials 

      Accelerator fund will test whether existing drugs such as chloroquine can treat coronavirus

    • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Gates Foundation and Wellcome set up $125m coronavirus drug fund

      Research foundations join forces with Mastercard-backed charity to develop treatments

    • Thursday, 23 January, 2020
      Miranda Wolpert
      Stop throwing money at mindfulness apps, puppies and yoga

      Mental wellbeing is a critical business issue and we should treat it as one

    • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
      Science
      Lab workers complain of long hours, bullying and stress

      Wellcome study reveals ‘shocking portrait of research environment’

    • Sunday, 5 May, 2019
      Pilita Clark
      The dream of a four-day week needs a lot more work

      A big employer has cancelled plans to pilot shorter hours, citing business disruption

    • Sunday, 21 April, 2019
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      We ignore the disaster in the antibiotics market at our peril

      There is no viable path for new drugs, however valuable they are to society

    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
      Drugs research
      Industry must turn words into action on superbugs, says Jim O’Neill

      Biotech companies need big pharma to bring innovative antibiotics to market

    • Friday, 8 March, 2019
      Drugs research
      King’s and Wellcome sign US deal to develop painkillers

      Merck collaboration for new generation of pills could be worth as much as $340m

    • Sunday, 9 September, 2018
      The FT ViewArtificial intelligence
      Artificial intelligence must avoid a backlash

      Governments and scientists need to co-operate to educate the public

    • Friday, 17 August, 2018
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Wellcome sanctions top cancer scientist over bullying allegations

      Charity will terminate £3.5m worth of grants to Nazneen Rahman

    • Monday, 9 July, 2018
      UK business & economy
      Wellcome launches £250m Leap Fund to back risky research

      Britain’s wealthiest foundation to support bold ideas from universities and businesses

    • Wednesday, 21 February, 2018
      Brexit
      European Research Area should emerge post-Brexit, scientists say

      Wellcome Trust warns that UK will have to pay more to access programmes

    • Wednesday, 31 January, 2018
      Impact investing
      UK’s Wellcome Trust joins small club selling a 100-year bond

      Charity follows Oxford University in tapping appetite for ultra-long bonds

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