Tag Archive for: Grant

Denmark to build one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers, accelerating solutions to societal challenges

Denmark is entering into a collaboration with NVIDIA to establish a national centre for AI innovation that will house one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers. The goal is to accelerate research and innovation in fields from healthcare and life sciences to the green transition, supporting the development of innovative solutions to the world’s […]

iOnctura Expands Pipeline And Receives Development Grant From Health Holland And KWF

Licensing deal gives iOnctura exclusive global development rights to novel TGFβ pathway inhibitor IOA-359 Pipeline expansion builds on iOnctura’s strategy of targeting multiple cancer survival pathways with a single drug; in this case targeting therapy resistance and immune evasion pathways in addition to IOA-359’s direct effects on the tumor Grant will accelerate iOnctura’s preclinical investigation of […]

Novo Nordisk Foundation to support crucial education of health professionals in India and East Africa with up to DKK 1bn (USD 140m)

The global shortage of qualified health professionals is an increasing challenge. According to the WHO, an additional 10 million health professionals will be needed by 2030. The demand is particularly acute in low- and middle-income countries, where health systems are already under immense pressure. With the launch of the Partnership for Education of Health Professionals […]

Novo Nordisk Foundation grants DKK 25 million ($3.3 million) for completion of clinical trial to improve treatment outcomes for people with critical limb ischaemia

The grant will enable leading international researchers to complete a clinical trial comparing the two most common treatment methods for preventing leg amputation among people with critical limb ischaemia. Critical limb ischaemia is a serious and debilitating disease that affects about 22 million people globally, and these are often people with diabetes and/or chronic kidney […]

Novo Nordisk Foundation and World Food Programme launch partnership to improve food systems in Rwanda and Uganda

Copenhagen – The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have sealed a partnership to further advance WFP’s homegrown school feeding and smallholder farmer support programmes in Rwanda and Uganda. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has committed a US$4.1 million grant to improve health, nutrition, food security and incomes for marginalized and vulnerable […]