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Africa CDC releases new toolkit to combat hepatitis B burden
Africa CDC developed the resource through its Hepatitis B Group of Experts, in collaboration with the Centre for Operational Research on Hepatitis B, HEPSANET and the Society for the Study of Liver Disease in Africa.
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Novo Nordisk appoints Venkat Kalyan as General Manager for GCC operations
Kalyan brings nearly 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, including 18 years with Novo Nordisk.
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FDA approves Kenvue’s Tylenol with Naproxen as first OTC fixed-dose combination pain reliever
The approval provides consumers with an additional non-prescription option for managing common types of temporary pain.
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Sun Pharma receives Organon shareholder approval for US$11.75B acquisition
Sun Pharma disclosed the development in an exchange filing, confirming that Organon stockholders had voted in favour of the proposals required to advance the proposed merger transaction.
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Argenx to acquire Forte Biosciences for US$2.2B to expand immunology pipeline
Under the proposed agreement, argenx will pay US$77 per share in cash to acquire all outstanding shares of Forte Biosciences.
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Egypt inaugurates Arab world’s first integrated rapid diagnostic test plant in Ismailia
The new facility will manufacture rapid diagnostic tests used in several areas of healthcare, including the detection of infectious diseases and epidemics, drug screening and the identification of cancer biomarkers.
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Sidra Medicine administers Novartis’ Itvisma gene therapy to Qatar’s first SMA patient
The milestone also makes Qatar the third country worldwide to administer Itvisma and marks a significant step in the country’s precision medicine and rare disease care efforts.
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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi debuts Middle East’s first robotically assisted bronchoscopy platform
The hospital has introduced the MONARCH™ platform, which allows physicians to navigate a flexible endoscope deep into the lungs with greater stability, control and precision.
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Sheba Medical Center collaborates with OpenAI to increase access to healthcare AI models
Under the agreement, Sheba physicians will receive early access to new healthcare models before their wider release, while the partnership will also expand research collaboration between the two organizations.
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Kenya’s PPB to roll out national system to track and authenticate health products
During this period, manufacturers and importers will implement authentication and traceability for locally manufactured and imported HPTs through batch-level traceability using batch numbers declared to the PPB.