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Merck inks another ADC deal with Kelun-Biotech, paying $35M for rights to unnamed asset

31 July 202231 July 2022

CHINA – Merck & Co. has entered into an alliance with Kelun-Biotech, a subsidiary of China’s Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical to develop an investigational antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) for the treatment of…

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General Catalyst seeks more health system partners with new US$670M healthcare fund

31 July 202231 July 2022

USA – General Catalyst has launched a US$670 million healthcare investment fund called Health Assurance Fund II, which seeks to carry on the mission of the venture capital firm’s first…

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Indian hospital chains head overseas, transforming traditional model of medical tourism

31 July 202231 July 2022

INDIA –Indian hospital chains are trying to reverse the model of medical tourism, accelerating direct entry into geographies such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and the rest of…

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Dialysis care leader Africa Healthcare Network eyes expansion into Ghana

30 July 202230 July 2022

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…

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Africa CDC issues guidelines to contain monkeypox

30 July 202231 July 2022

ETHIOPIA – The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has published key recommendations for Africa Union (AU) Member States to curb the spread of monkeypox cases in…

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Novartis, Egypt’s Cleopatra Hospitals Group ink pact for cardiovascular disease treatment

29 July 202229 July 2022

EGYPT – Pharma giant Novartis Pharma Egypt and Cleopatra Hospitals Group (CHG), Egypt’s best provider of medical and healthcare services, have entered into a strategic partnership deal to provide the…

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Teva closes on US$4.25bn deal to settle US-wide opioid lawsuit

29 July 202229 July 2022

ISRAEL –Teva Pharmaceutical has reached an agreement in principle to settle thousands of lawsuits accusing it of abetting the opioid crisis in the US for up to US$4.25 billion, including…

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Milestone as Kenya inaugurates Cancer Institute, Nursing Council boards

29 July 202229 July 2022

KENYA – Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced key appointments to govern newly inaugurated national healthcare bodies namely the Nursing Council of Kenya Board, National Cancer Institute of…

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FDA OKs DyAnsys’ neurostimulation device for treating C-Section pain

29 July 202229 July 2022

USA – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Primary Relief, a percutaneous electrical neurostimulation (PENS) device developed by DyAnsys, to treat postoperative pain following caesarean section (C-section)…

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Labcorp is spinning out its clinical development unit in major reorganization

29 July 202229 July 2022

USA – Laboratory Corp of America (Labcorp) has announced that it plans to separate its clinical development business into an independent, publicly-traded contract research organization (CRO). LabCorp will house the…

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