PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (Sep 2020)

A new Korean Research Investment for Global Health Technology (RIGHT) Fund to advance innovative neglected-disease technologies.

  • Peter J Hotez,
  • Kim Bush,
  • Andrin Oswald,
  • Glenn Rockman,
  • In-Taek Lim,
  • Youngmee Jee,
  • Chang Jin Moon,
  • Jerome H Kim,
  • Younbeen Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007956
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 9
p. e0007956

Abstract

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In 2018, the government of the Republic of Korea (ROK), South Korean life science companies, and a group of international funders led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched a new and innovative funding agency to support neglected-disease research and development (R&D). The new venture is known as the Research Investment for Global Health Technology (RIGHT) Fund.