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I find it difficult to believe that the MHRA is primarily funded by Bill & Melinda Gates as would the UK Parliament which earlier this year was led to believe that it was 50% funded by "fees for service", 25% by "industry periodic fees" and 25% "Department funding".

From the UK Parliament site :

Question
Ben Lake MP, Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion
"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's budget was derived from the public purse in each of the last five financial years."

Answer
Will Quince MP, Conservative, Colchester
Answered on 16 January 2023:

"The information requested is not collected centrally. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department. The MHRA is primarily funded by income from fees for sales of products and regulatory services. The MHRA’s fees are set to cover full costs incurred by the Agency, in accordance with HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money guidelines. An approximate breakdown of the agency’s funding is 50% fees for services, 25% industry periodic fees and 25% Department funding".
A more in-depth breakdown of the MHRA’s income and expenditure is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022;

Perhaps Fluteman (post #651036) could provide the source for the Gates Foundation being the prime funders.