Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, in the United Kingdom.
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11 Facts About Wellcome Trust
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In 2012, the Wellcome Trust was described by the Financial Times as the United Kingdom's largest provider of non-governmental funding for scientific research, and one of the largest providers in the world.
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Wellcome Trust's operations are run from two buildings on Euston Road in London.
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In 2000, the Wellcome Trust name disappeared from the drug business altogether when GlaxoWellcome Trust merged with SmithKline Beecham, to form GlaxoSmithKline plc.
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Wellcome Trust announced the need for at least $8 billion of new funding for research, development, and supply of treatments related to COVID-19.
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In September 2019, Wellcome Trust launched an initiative to reimagine research and improve the culture in which research is conducted.
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The Wellcome Trust believes that maximising the distribution of these papers – by providing free, online access – is the most effective way of ensuring that the research can be accessed, read and built upon.
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In 2016, Wellcome Trust announced that it would be launching Wellcome Open Research, an open access publication system running on the F1000 Research platform.
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The aim of the Wellcome Trust Collection is to enhance public understanding of medical science and history.
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In June 2019, Wellcome Trust released the results of the 2018 global survey on public attitudes toward science and health.
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