The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome today announced the launch of the Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI), a $50 million investment that will focus on combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by a specific range of bacteria that are among the leading contributors to AMR-associated deaths. The Gr-ADI will function as a consortium where multiple funders, research institutions, and industry partners share data and work collectively to drive innovation in the discovery of urgently needed new drugs.
The Gr-ADI is the first investment of the $300 million global health research and development partnership launched by these three philanthropic organizations last year. The broader partnership will support science and innovation to advance solutions to health challenges that disproportionately impact people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including climate and sustainability; infectious diseases; and the interplay between nutrition, immunity, infectious diseases, cardiometabolic and other noncommunicable diseases and developmental outcomes.
