RE: Soros and Gates back buyout of UK diagnostic technology group18 Jul 2021 21:57
The (CARD) Mologic want to merge with Affimers to give super sensitive diagnostic tests.
Joe Fitchett is Gates foundation eyes and ears at Mologic.
Paul Davis, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Paul has worked in immunology for 45 years and has founded or co-founded eight bioscience businesses since 2002, with Mologic being the most prominent. As Mologic’s chief scientific officer, Paul leads the Centre for Advanced Rapid Diagnostics (CARD), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Until 2002 he was as a senior scientist at Unilever Research, leading applied immunology, and is one of the inventors of the lateral flow immunoassay.
Joe Fitchett Medical Director
Before joining Mologic, where he oversees our clinical and global health activities, Joe was a program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he advanced its bilateral partnerships with EU donors, including the manufacturing capacity of yellow fever vaccine and infectious disease surveillance and control at the Institut Pasteur in Dakar. Previously he was a Frank Knox Fellow in public health and infectious disease epidemiology at Harvard University, focusing on the impact of global policy on vaccines, drugs, and access to health technologies.