Hospitals

UK – Nanopharm, a UK based pharma company, and Leyden Lab, a Dutch based virology drug company, have signed a partnership agreement to develop intranasal…

US – Johnson & Johnson is projecting a US$2.5B full year sales of its COVID-19 vaccine jab despite having a poor rollout since the time…

INDIA – Zydus Cadila has received tentative approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Ibrutinib tablets used in the treatment…

US – Medtronic, an American-Irish registered medical device company, has integrated hugo robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system at Hospital Clinico de la Red de Salud UC…

KENYA – Medical Credit Fund has made the first disbursement of loans under the second phase of its loan guarantee facility that targets small and…

UK – The British government has lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing as it also prepares to launch a…

COTE D’IVOIRE – A US$300 million financing agreement has been signed between Cote D’Ivoire and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help medical…

SIERRA LEONE – The United Nations Population Fund- UNFPA has donated to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation medical equipment critical to supporting emergency obstetric…

WORLD – In an open letter, Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, director, WHO Global TB Programme, addressed the need to have a vaccine that is functional to…

SWITZERLAND – New findings from the ODYSSEY trial confirm that dolutegravir -based regimens can significantly improve virological suppression in young children. Country programmes are being…