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Resistance to antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals is driving prolonged illness, escalating healthcare costs, and causing a rising number of deaths, especially in low-resource settings.

These drug-resistant infections threaten to erode decades of medical progress and are some of the biggest threats facing human health.

We are accelerating innovation by addressing gaps across therapeutics, diagnostics, and clinical practice, through our leadership, collaboration and influence.

Our approach

Through strategic partnerships, we aim to help accelerate sustainable global innovation in drug-resistant infections.

Partnerships and initiatives

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PACE

A £30 million initiative with Innovate UK and Medicines Discovery Catapult, driving new developments to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

iiCON and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

We are partnering with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to launch a new £2.7 million Translational Development Fund. 

The Francis Crick Institute and the Crick Africa Network

We have partnered with the Crick Africa Network (CAN), to provide £7.5 million towards community science programmes.

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