UAE – Abu Dhabi’s health sector has received a big boost following the commissioning of six newly upgraded dialysis centers in Al Dhafra region that will benefit over 80 kidney…
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Tag: Chronic Kidney disease
Bayer Pharma announces medication to halt the progression of diabetic patients’ chronic kidney disease
INDIA- Pharmaceutical company Bayer has introduced Finerenone under the brand name Kerendia, as a drug for the treatment of chronic kidney damage (CKD) brought on by Type 2 diabetes (T2D).…
Read MoreDialysis care leader Africa Healthcare Network eyes expansion into Ghana
GHANA – Executive Chairperson of Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) Nikhil Pereira-Kamath has announced that AHN has recently expanded into Ghana and expects its first dialysis center by the end of…
Read MoreCardioRenal raises US$3.7 million in seed funding
FRANCE –CardioRenal, a Grenoble-based company that specializes in improving the treatment of patients with severe chronic renal disease (CKD) at home, has raised US$3.7 million in seed funding. The backers…
Read MoreKenya champions for early screening to improve detection of Chronic Kidney Disease
KENYA – Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has called for people to undergo early screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) to allow implementation of therapeutic interventions which reduces the high mortality…
Read MoreLiberia achieves health milestone with launch of first National Dialysis Center
LIBERIA – Liberian President George Manneh Weah has commissioned a new National Dialysis Center with a 10-bed capacity in Monrovia to boost kidney disease treatment especially for patients with acute…
Read MoreBenevolentAI announces 3-year collaboration expansion with AstraZeneca
USA – BenevolentAI, a leading clinical-stage AI drug discovery company, has expanded its AI-driven drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca, doubling the number of disease areas under investigation. The three-year extension…
Read MoreFDA advisors slam Reata’s kidney disease drug
USA – An FDA advisory committee has delivered a crushing blow to Reata Pharma, voting unanimously that the drugmaker’s data on bardoxolone – a drug used to treat kidney disease…
Read MoreStanbic Bank donates dialysis machines to Zimbabwean hospital
ZIMBABWE – Kidney patients in Zimbabwe will benefit from a US$15 000 haemodialysis machine which has been donated to Gwanda Provincial Hospital by Stanbic Bank. The dialysis machine will assist…
Read MoreGSK’s anaemia drug Daprodustat delivers positive pre-clinical results
UNITED KINGDOM – GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) has reported positive trial results for Daprodustat, a potential blockbuster anemia pill that the drugmaker hopes will bolster its pharma portfolio as it prepares…
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