‘Most extraordinary’: Geoffrey Cumming wows Melbourne with $250m medical donation
by Adeshola Ore from on (#6335F)
One of largest donations in Australian history to go towards therapeutic treatments for global pandemics
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Little-known Canadian-born businessman Geoffrey Cumming has made one of the largest single philanthropic donations in Australian history, providing $250m for the creation of a global pandemic therapeutics centre in Melbourne.
The centre is designed to invest in developing treatments that can fight infectious diseases and will be named in honour of Cumming, who currently lives in Melbourne and whose donation will be used over a 20-year-period.
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