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KENYA — Kenya’s efforts towards achieving universal healthcare have taken a significant leap forward with the announcement of a partnership with Univercells, a Belgian biotech company, to establish a biotechnology…
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JAPAN —Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has announced that it will invest approximately US$764.6 million to construct a new manufacturing facility for plasma-derived therapies (PDTs) in Osaka, Japan. This significant investment…
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USA — Amazon Pharmacy has formed partnerships with notable manufacturers such as GSK, Kaléo, Novo Nordisk, and Dexcom to offer their brand-name drugs, including Trelegy, AUVI-Q, Wegovy, and the G6…
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GHANA — Ms. Deborah Djanie, Director of the Ministry of Health, has announced the Ministry’s collaboration with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to improve market surveillance and enforce the…
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GHANA — The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a warning to the general public regarding the use of two brands of contaminated eye drops that are currently on…
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USA — Vertex Pharmaceuticals has inked a non-exclusive licensing deal with CRISPR Therapeutics to expedite the development of its hypo immune cell therapies for the treatment of type 1 diabetes…
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GERMANY— Merck KGaA has regained global rights to anti-PD-L1 antibody Bavencio (avelumab) as its agreement with Pfizer has ended. The news comes just a few weeks after Pfizer announced plans…
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UNITED KINGDOM — The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has introduced a new framework that aims to streamline the process for drugmakers to gain approval for new medicines…
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USA — Incyte’s Zynyz (retifanlimab-dlwr) has received accelerated approval from the FDA for the treatment of metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) in adults. MCC is a…
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USA — Danaher has announced a new collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) aimed at addressing the manufacturing challenges that limit the consistency of clinical outcomes and slow the…
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