Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Bayer to develop non-hormonal contraception

The affluent foundation and pharmaceutical company will fund preclinical research for four years into new contraceptive options for women, with the hope of finding a development candidate.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
by andreas lønstrup, translated by daniel pedersen

Bayer has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, establishing a research partnership under which each party commits USD 12m to research on non-hormonal contraception for women, the German pharmaceutical company announces in a press release.

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