USA – Hims & Hers, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) telehealth company, has partnered with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring health and wellness products to 12 new markets across the United States…
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Amazon Web Services, UC Davis Health partner to enhance digital health equity
USA – University of California’s Davis Health has opened a first-of-its-kind Health Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), which is entirely powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The center will enable providers,…
Read MoreKenyan e-pharmacy platform MYDAWA receives US$1.2 million funding in fight against HIV & AIDS
KENYA – MYDAWA, an e-pharmacy platform in Kenya, has been awarded a grant of US$1.2 Million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant is aimed at increasing access…
Read MoreEthiopia receives donation of 3000 ventilators to aid health delivery
ETHIOPIA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) 500 of the 3,000 oxygen cylinders procured for the institute to improve access to…
Read MoreAfrica commemorates World AIDs day amid new Covid-19 threats
UGANDA – This year’s commemoration of World AIDS Day has come during a complicated terrain where essential services have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the theme “End Inequality,…
Read MoreBlueprint Medicines expands oncology portfolio by acquiring Lengo Therapeutics for US$465 million
USA – Blueprint Medicines, a US-based biotech that specializes in targeted cancer drugs, is set to pay US$250 million in cash and another US$215 million in potential milestone payments to…
Read MoreZimbabwe strengthens countrywide management of childhood Cancer
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe is making great strides in strengthening cancer management as part of the country’s efforts to make Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) services more accessible. With the growing number of…
Read MoreFDA OK’s virtual reality surgical planning tool from PrecisionOS
CANADA – PrecisionOS has announced that its InVisionOS virtual reality-based planning tool has received FDA 510(k) clearance. PrecisionOS, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, created InVisionOS as a patient-specific planning tool…
Read MoreEmergex T-cell priming vaccine holds potential against all known covid variants
UNITED KINGDOM – Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited, a company tackling major global infectious disease threats by developing 100% synthetic T-Cell priming vaccines, has confirmed that its vaccine candidate for SARS-CoV-2,…
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