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Gates Foundation to invest up to $90 million in pneumococcal vaccine

Gates Foundation to invest up to $90 million in pneumococcal vaccine
Gates Foundation to invest up to $90M in vaccine maker Inventprise November 10, 2021 Redmond-based vaccine maker Inventprise is gaining serious backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. On Wednesday, the biotech company announced an investment from the foundation of up to $90 million, contingent on manufacturing, clinical and preclinical milestones. The foundation is…
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Pan-Mass Challenge Donates Record-Breaking $64 Million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund

Pan-Mass Challenge Donates Record-Breaking $64 Million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund
Pan-Mass Challenge Donates Record-Breaking $64 Million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, Bringing Two-Year Fundraising to $114 Million Despite COVID-19 Pandemic November 4, 2021 Today, the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), the two-day bikeathon that pioneered the athletic fundraising industry, announced a record-breaking $64 million donation to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dana-Farber), a world leader in adult and pediatric cancer treatment and…
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) receives $50 million from Mike and Maria Repole and the Nonna’s Garden Foundation

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) receives $50 million from Mike and Maria Repole and the Nonna’s Garden Foundation
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces Transformative Gift to Establish the Nonna’s Garden Foundation Initiative for Cancer Care and Research November 8, 2021 Part of the gift will be directed to support new cancer therapies, including the research of  Drs. Alexander Drilon, Jedd Wolchok and Steven Horwitz. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced…
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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Announces Transformational $50 Million Philanthropic Gift to Support New Medical/Surgical Pavilion November 1, 2021 MedStar Georgetown University Hospital announced today a historic $50 million philanthropic gift from entrepreneur, venture capital investor and philanthropist Grant Verstandig, and the Verstandig Family Foundation, to support the new Medical/Surgical Pavilion currently under construction at MedStar…
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