FW: Need info on BMGF -- Urgent
Gates Package, p.322 · gates:email:00215
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- Date
- 2018-05-25 17:03
- Type
- email · email
- Topics
- Gates Foundation involvement
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>> >> Just spoke with Larry, he has the full scoop >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 25, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E] @od.nih.gov> wrote: >>> >>> For reasons I can't currently explain, I need answers to the following: >>> 1) are we giving any grants to BMGF (I assume no) >>> 2) what are our current collaborative projects with BMGF? For each one , what is the rough NIH annual spend, and what is it from BMGF? >>> >>> Hoping this won't be too hard to dig out. Ideally I need a response (at least a rough version) by Saturday 4 pm. >>> >>> Questions? Call Getting on a plane in 10 minutes >>> >>> FC >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
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Dropping FC off- I spoke with him and have a better idea of the ask. Mike- are you able to do initial look? I am traveling back from meeting with SG and will be back in about 30 min. Larry Sent from my iPhone > On May 25, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E] @od.nih.gov> wrote: > > For reasons I can't currently explain, I need answers to the following: > 1) are we giving any grants to BMGF (I assume no) > 2) what are our current collaborative projects with BMGF? For each one , what is the rough NIH annual spend, and what is it from BMGF? > > Hoping this won't be too hard to dig out. Ideally I need a response (at least a rough version) by Saturday 4 pm. > > Questions? Call Getting on a plane in 10 minutes > > FC > > Sent from my iPhone From: "Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E]" HE od. nih.gov> To: "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) (E]" [f@niaid.nih.gov> Cc: "Tabak, Lawrence (NIH/OD) [E]" He vib.gov>, "Wolinetz, Carrie (NIH/OD) [E]" Subject: POTUS meeting Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 08:52:29 -0400 Importance: Normal Hi Tony, Another strange chapter. Sec. Azar and I are supposed to meet with the POTUS in the Oval on Tuesday at 1:30 PM, but there is no information about the agenda. Apparently POTUS asked for this meeting to be set up, but no one in the WH seems to know why. Alex is trying to guess what this might be about; one possibility might be the universal flu vaccine, since Bill Gates recently spoke to the POTUS about that. See https://www.statnews.com/2018/04/30/bill-gates-vaccine-trump-meeting/ for the report on this conversation. (By the way, I'm surprised that Bill seems to be promoting this idea of the universal flu vaccine as if the US government hasn't been properly focused on it -- surely he knows about all the work that NIH has been doing, and about the current strategic plan? And how could his promised $12M add much to the much larger investment NIAID is making? Is this coordinated in some way, or is Bill going rogue?) Alex indicated that Gates had apparently told the POTUS that $5-6 billion was really needed to prepare for a worldwide flu pandemic. I'm not sure where that number comes from. The specific question that Alex thought might come up on Tuesday is what the funding trajectory is that's really needed if the preparation of the universal flu vaccine was to be considered the highest priority for the nation. What's the answer to that? Glad to speak by phone if that would make this easier. I Francis PS. Can I borrow your 3D printed model of the hemagglutinin protein, in case that turns out to be relevant?
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Dropping FC off- I spoke with him and have a better idea of the ask. Mike- are you able to do initial look? I am traveling back from meeting with SG and will be back in about 30 min. Larry Sent from my iPhone > On May 25, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Collins, Francis (NIH/OD) [E] @od.nih.gov> wrote: > > For reasons I can't currently explain, I need answers to the following: > 1) are we giving any grants to BMGF (I assume no) > 2) what are our current collaborative projects with BMGF? For each one , what is the rough NIH annual spend, and what is it from BMGF? > > Hoping this won't be too hard to dig out. Ideally I need a response (at least a rough version) by Saturday 4 pm. > > Questions? Call Getting on a plane in 10 minutes > > FC > > Sent from my iPhone
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Tam leaving for WV now, and will be available by phone/email on my iphone for the next two hours. I can be back online by 7:30 pm or so, if needed - just let me know. Have a nice weekend and hope you get to actually enjoy some of it! Best, Tara A. Schwetz, PhD Branch Chief, SPEB/NIAID A: Building 31, Room 7A46D. a a 1 5/25/18, 5:08 PM, "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]" [j@niaid.nih. gov> wrote: Larry: Tassume that you are going to get this information for Francis. I am the only one here and I really have no way of getting what he wants. I can try to mobilize Tara to start digging, but we may not get what he needs. Tony
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Tam leaving for WV now, and will be available by phone/email on my iphone for the next two hours. I can be back online by 7:30 pm or so, if needed - just let me know. Have a nice weekend and hope you get to actually enjoy some of it! Best, Tara A. Schwetz, PhD Branch Chief, SPEB/NIAID A: Building 31, Room 7A46D. a a 1 5/25/18, 5:08 PM, "Fauci, Anthony (NIH/NIAID) [E]" [j@niaid.nih. gov> wrote: Larry: Tassume that you are going to get this information for Francis. I am the only one here and I really have no way of getting what he wants. I can try to mobilize Tara to start digging, but we may not get what he needs. Tony
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Thanks. I will let you know ifI need you. Enjoy the weekend.
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Thanks. I will let you know ifI need you. Enjoy the weekend.