Science and innovation, Gilead calls: more than a million euros for researchers and associations

There are more than sixty winners in2022 Eleventh Edition of the Gilead Appeals for Sciencerewarded More than 1 million euros in total During a ceremony in Milan devoted to the theme “Research, Inclusion and Innovation to Redefine the Possible Together”. chosen from 99 projects submitted, 32 of which will be supported Thanks to Community Award Program in the fields of HIV (18), hepatology (1), oncology (11), oncology (2); 31 were awarded under the fellowship program for HIV (8), hepatology (7), oncology (7), oncology (6) and invasive fungal infections (3). “The aim of these calls is to create a valuable public-private partnership model – comments Christina Lou GrazieMedical Director of Gilead Sciences Italy -. By supporting both research and third sector projects of a social assistance nature, we are truly convinced that we are making an important contribution towards improving patients’ quality of life as well as to promoting the right to health as a universal right.” Since 2011, Gilead has promoted tenders for tenders in Italy, Fellowship Program and Community Award Program, which respectively target researchers belonging to Italian public and private research and treatment institutions, and patient associations in the country working in the field of infectious diseases, hepatology, oncology, and oncology. “In the eleven years of carrying out these calls, we have awarded and supported about 400 research projects and more than 150 projects of a social welfare nature – added Cristina Le Grazie -. For this purpose, we have provided €14 million. It will be a drop in the sea but we believe that perhaps in In some cases, we were able to prefer doing some facts in our country and they may not have fled abroad due to lack of resources in implementing projects.”