Medicines for Malaria Venture
Public-private partnership developing antimalarial drugs for endemic countries.
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is a not-for-profit public-private partnership established as a foundation in Switzerland in 1999. It works to reduce malaria in disease-endemic countries through antimalarial drugs. MMV was launched with US$4 million from the Government of Switzerland, the UK Department for International Development, the Government of the Netherlands, the World Bank, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 1999
- Type
- Not-for-profit public-private partnership
- Location
- Switzerland
- Initial funding
- US$4 million
- First chief scientific officer
- Dr Robert Ridley (until 2001)
Facts from the source article.
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