Tag Archive for: Novo Nordisk Foundation

Weekly roundup: Industry events, gender and GLP-1s, highlighting Rare Disease Day

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Novo Nordisk Foundation announced it had awarded DKK 11.8 billion (€1.6 billion) during 2025 to support more than 2,200 projects aimed at improving people’s health and the sustainability of society and the planet. The projects cover the full range of the Foundation’s grant-giving areas, including key topics such as cardiometabolic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, the development of more resilient and climate-friendly […]

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New global consortium aims to transform antibiotic discovery to counter the growing AMR crisis

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Philanthropic partners invest US$60 million to support collaborative research to accelerate the discovery of next-generation antibiotics The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome today awarded a total of US$60 million in new grant funding over the next three years to research teams around the world exploring novel approaches to antibiotic discovery to deal with […]

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Novo Nordisk Foundation grants DKK 5.5 billion to elevate innovation in Denmark and Europe

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The Novo Nordisk Foundation has allocated up to DKK 5.5 billion (EUR 736 million) to BioInnovation Institute (BII), a leading institute for life science and deep tech innovation in Copenhagen. The funding will enable BII to expand its activities into new strategic areas and geographies, and support even more entrepreneurs and start-up-companies, thereby strengthening innovation […]

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Women in Life Science Denmark (WiLD) expands mentoring program to support next generation of female leaders in life sciences

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Third cohort of cross-organizational, high-level mentorship program to commence in November 2025 Continued support from the Lundbeck Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation WiLD celebrates its third anniversary with 250+ members in Denmark 28 October 2025, Denmark: Women in Life Science Denmark (WiLD) today announces that it is launching the third cohort of its successful […]

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EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Acquire the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer  

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EIFO, the export and investment fund of Denmark, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation, an independent Danish enterprise foundation, are investing €80 million in the establishment of a new Nordic quantum initiative, QuNorth, to advance the region’s technological development. Microsoft and Atom Computing will bring to QuNorth the world’s most powerful quantum computer and the first […]

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