PhaSER wins $2.7M Gates grant for infectious disease drug research

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Published Monday, November 9, 2026 · 6:05 AM EST

PhaSER Biomedical announced a $2.7M (£2m) Gates Foundation grant to support research into drugs for diseases including tuberculosis and malaria. The two-year award renews the Scottish biotech's participation in the Global Health Discovery Collaboratory, giving Gates-funded researchers access to its mice and expertise in how the body processes drugs. PhaSER's 8HUM mice carry human versions of the main genes that break down medicines. A University of Dundee study found that drugs behaved more like they do in patients than in ordinary mice. The grant follows a $2.3M award announced in 2024.

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