Sports Anti-Doping Agency to Seek Private Funding for First Time
- WADA looks to double budget to $60 million as changes loom
- Group to pursue contributions from pharmaceutical industry
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The World Anti-Doping Agency is turning to private funding for the first time as it prepares to assume more power in the fight against drugs in sports.
Those changes won’t come cheap, said Director General Olivier Niggli, who oversees a budget of around $30 million. For WADA to keep pace with the shifting landscape of doping, and the increased need for research and investigative power, “the budget would need to double, easy,” he said Thursday.