> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/aeras-global-tb-vaccine-foundation/ - Published: 1999-01-02T08:57:00.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-31T18:00:58.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation** was an American nonprofit product development organization based in Rockville, Maryland. Aeras worked to develop vaccines against tuberculosis with a number of partners, including adenoviral vector vaccines with Crucell (now known as [Janssen](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Janssen)) and second-generation fusion-protein vaccines with Statens Serum Institut. ## History Aeras was founded in 1997 to “help develop new concepts and tools to control the global TB epidemic.”[\[1\]](#fn1) In February 2004, Aeras received a 5-year US$82.9 million grant from the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation). Aeras and the Gates Foundation co-funded an “infant and adolescent TB Vaccine Site preparation study” alongside the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCCTP) at the [Infectious Diseases Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Infectious-Diseases-Institute) in Uganda.[\[2\]](#fn2) ## Organization Aeras was partnered with the Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop antimicrobial products.[\[3\]](#fn3) ### Funding Aeras was funded by:[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5) - Australian Aid - [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation) - [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Centers-for-Disease-Control-and-Prevention) (CDC) - China National Biotec Group (CNBG) - Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) - Crucell - Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) - Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs - [Emergent BioSolutions](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Emergent-BioSolutions) - European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCCTP) - [Food and Drug Administration](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Food-and-Drug-Administration) (FDA) - Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - GlaxoSmithKline - Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHITF) - Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) - Okairos - Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) - Pasteur Institute of Lille - Research Council of Norway - Sanofi Pasteur - Statens Serum Institut - Stop TB Partnership - TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI) - UK Aid - [United States Department of Defense](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Defense) (DoD) - University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust ## Network Participants in Aeras' clinical trial network included: - Aurum Institute - Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) - Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) - Desmond Tutu HIV Center - HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) - International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network (IMPAACT) - Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) - National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania (NIMR) - Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU) - Setshaba Research Centre - South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) - TASK Applied Science - University of Cape Town Lung Institute (UCTLI) - Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa - Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) - Zambart ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=aeras%5Fglobal%5Ftb%5Fvaccine%5Ffoundation) - [Housatonic ITS](https://sites.google.com/housatonicits.com/home0008/research/aeras-global-tb-vaccine-foundation) - [Website (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20180806233719/http://www.aeras.org/) --- 1. *About Aeras.* Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation. Retrieved December 7, 2006, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Research Projects.* (2017, August). Infectious Diseases Institute. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Other product development partnerships (PDPs).* Medicines for Malaria Venture. Retrieved July 17, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Funders and Partners.* Aeras. Retrieved July 24, 2018, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation - Rockville, USA.* Bionity. Retrieved May 12, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5)