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CardioRenal raises US$3.7 million in seed funding

7 April 20227 April 2022

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…

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Kenya champions for early screening to improve detection of Chronic Kidney Disease

11 March 202211 March 2022

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…

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Liberia achieves health milestone with launch of first National Dialysis Center

8 March 20228 March 2022

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…

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BenevolentAI announces 3-year collaboration expansion with AstraZeneca

17 January 202219 January 2022

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…

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FDA advisors slam Reata’s kidney disease drug

10 December 202110 December 2021

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…

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Stanbic Bank donates dialysis machines to Zimbabwean hospital

16 November 202116 November 2021

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…

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GSK’s anaemia drug Daprodustat delivers positive pre-clinical results

9 November 20219 November 2021

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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Surge in kidney ailments increases NHIF payment for renal dialysis

22 September 202122 September 2021

KENYA- Cost for covering renal dialysis has more than tripled over the last four years, as NHIF paid a whooping Ksh. 3.8 billion to cover dialysis expenses, indicating the growth…

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FDA approves Cara’s drug for severe itching in kidney disease patients

24 August 202124 August 2021

USA – The Food and Drug Administration has approved Cara Therapeutics’s drug to treat moderate-to-severe itching in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis, making it the first therapy for…

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Bayer’s Kerendia can now be used in USA as therapy for chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetes patients

14 July 202114 July 2021

US – Bayer’s first-in-class nonsteroidal drug Kerendia is now available in the US for use following an approval as a therapy that can slow chronic kidney disease progression in patients…

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The Cath-Lab at KUTRRH is now ready for commissioning. Cath-Lab is a specialised lab that deals with diagnosing blockages within the heart, unblocking as well as performing other interventions like cardiac pacemaker placements.
A great milestone for KUTRRH, MoH and Kenyans.

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