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SOUTH KOREA —Celltrion and Genuv, two Korean companies, have entered into a joint agreement for research and development with the potential to earn a nine-figure sum. The partnership aims to…
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GHANA – Ghana has received 50,000 anti-Hepatitis C medicines from the Egyptian government to support the ongoing fight against Hepatitis C in the country. The intervention is under the Screening…
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USA — Belgian biopharmaceutical company UCB and American pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly have led a US$52 million funding round for RNA biotech startup Switch Therapeutics for its conditionally activated siRNA…
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TANZANIA – Funded by the Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented jointly by the government and Tanzania Health Promotion Services (THPS), Afya Hatua Project has enhanced quality…
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NETHERLANDS — Merck is appealing the EMA’s rejection of its Covid-19 pill, Lagevrio, which serves as an alternative to Pfizer’s Paxlovid. The EMA stated that they couldn’t conclude that Lagevrio…
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SOUTH AFRICA – The US National Institutes of Health has granted Frank Tanser, a leading scientist in HIV research based at Stellenbosch University, R40 million (US$2.21m) for over five years…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Pfizer and Biovac have launched a freezer farm facility which will serve as an ultracold storage facility and add to the institute’s capacity for vaccine storage and…
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FRANCE — French drugmaker Sanofi has agreed to acquire US-based pharmaceutical firm Provention Bio for approximately US$2.9 billion to strengthen its general medicines portfolio with the US-approved type 1 diabetes…
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USA — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer’s Zavzpret (zavegepant) for the acute treatment of migraine in adult patients with or without aura. As the first…
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OMAN – Sohar International Bank and the Health Endowment Foundation (Athar) have expanded their collaboration to advance the healthcare system across the Sultanate of Oman. Sohar International Bank, formerly Bank…
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