{"id":46,"date":"2020-09-15T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:51:38","slug":"frontpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontpage"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block-header alignfull header alignfull\" data-block_ac4c9bec7c2271470900f9148a3dc74e>\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cover-image-1.png\" alt=\"\">\n  \n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"block-header__title-wrapper\">\n              <h1 class=\"block-header__title\">\n          Let&#8217;s pave the way for <em> <strong> curing skin diseases <\/strong> <\/em>\n        <\/h1>\n      \n              <a href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/about-us\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn mt-btn\">\n          About us\n        <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n\n              <p class=\"block-header__text\">\n          Driving progress for people living with skin diseases through ownership, philanthropy and investments. \n        <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block-usp alignfull usps alignfull\" data-block_1613a2ae2517998fdb84dd0d8270e1d0>\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    \n    <div class=\"block-usp__wrapper\">\n              <p class=\"block-usp__text\">\n          The LEO Foundation is a Danish enterprise foundation and an engaged owner of the pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma. Beyond ownership, we are one of the largest private funders globally of independent skin research, providing philanthropic grants to research that pioneer new discoveries and transform our understanding and treatment of the skin and its diseases. Through responsible investments, we secure our ability to fuel long-term progress.\n        <\/p>\n      \n              <ul class=\"block-usp__repeater\">\n                      <li>\n                              <h2>\n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-title\">\n                        80%\n                      <\/span>\n                  \n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-text\">\n                        majority shareholder of LEO Pharma\n                      <\/span>\n                                  <\/h2>\n                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <h2>\n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-title\">\n                        1.5 billion\n                      <\/span>\n                  \n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-text\">\n                        DKK in philanthropic grants\n                      <\/span>\n                                  <\/h2>\n                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <h2>\n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-title\">\n                        18 billion \n                      <\/span>\n                  \n                                      <span class=\"block-usp__usp-text\">\n                        DKK in financial assets\n                      <\/span>\n                                  <\/h2>\n                          <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      \n              <a href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/about-us\/#Ambitions\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn btn-outline mt-btn\">\n          What we do\n        <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block-news-slider alignfull news-slider alignfull\" data-block_0b47d79ff177493a2a505901383584b4>\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    \n    <div 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                  12 Aug 2025\n                  <\/time>\n\n                  <h3 class=\"news-card__title\">\n                    LEO Foundation Visiting Researchers set for international research stays\n                  <\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <a class=\"news-card\" href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/2025\/08\/07\/leo-foundation-awards-funding-to-14-bold-skin-research-projects\/\" title=\"Funding awarded to 14 bold skin research projects\">\n                  <span class=\"news-card__image-wrapper\">\n                                          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/R2-2025-Grafik-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"Funding awarded to 14 bold skin research projects\">\n                                      <\/span>\n\n                  <time class=\"news-card__date\">\n                    7 Aug 2025\n                  <\/time>\n\n                  <h3 class=\"news-card__title\">\n                    Funding awarded to 14 bold skin research projects\n                  <\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <a class=\"news-card\" href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/dkk-6-3-million-awarded-to-five-initiatives-to-strengthen-science-education-and-awareness\/\" title=\"DKK 6.3 million awarded to five initiatives to strengthen science education and awareness\">\n                  <span class=\"news-card__image-wrapper\">\n                                          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Topfoto-EA-nyhed-runde-2-1024x536.png\" alt=\"DKK 6.3 million awarded to five initiatives to strengthen science education and awareness\">\n                                      <\/span>\n\n                  <time class=\"news-card__date\">\n                    30 Jun 2025\n                  <\/time>\n\n                  <h3 class=\"news-card__title\">\n                    DKK 6.3 million awarded to five initiatives to strengthen science education and awareness\n                  <\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <a class=\"news-card\" href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/2025\/05\/14\/dr-christoph-ellebrecht-receives-the-2025-leo-foundation-award-in-region-americas\/\" title=\"Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht receives the 2025 LEO Foundation Award in Region Americas\">\n                  <span class=\"news-card__image-wrapper\">\n                                          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Topfoto-Region-Americas-2025-Christoph-Ellebrecht-1024x536.png\" alt=\"Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht receives the 2025 LEO Foundation Award in Region Americas\">\n                                      <\/span>\n\n                  <time class=\"news-card__date\">\n                    14 May 2025\n                  <\/time>\n\n                  <h3 class=\"news-card__title\">\n                    Dr. Christoph Ellebrecht receives the 2025 LEO Foundation Award in Region Americas\n                  <\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                <a class=\"news-card\" href=\"https:\/\/leo-foundation.org.bluebird.pw\/en\/2025\/05\/01\/high-school-student-wins-the-leo-foundation-rising-star-prize-2025\/\" title=\"High school student wins the LEO Foundation Rising Star Prize 2025\">\n                  <span class=\"news-card__image-wrapper\">\n                                          <img decoding=\"async\" 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