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USA -Alexion, AstraZeneca’s Rare Disease division has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LogicBio Therapeutics, in a bid to strengthen the former’s efforts in genomics and rare diseases. AstraZeneca…
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UNITED KINGDOM – Optellum Ltd. UK-based medtech company that provides an AI platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung cancer has raised US$14 million in a series A funding round…
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USA – Plume, a virtual transgender healthcare provider, picked up US$24 million in fresh funding to help fuel its nationwide expansion, Fiercehealthcare reports. The series was led by Transformation Capital…
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USA -UK pharmaceutical company GSK is taking a stake in Spero Therapeutics as part of a licensing agreement for the US-based drug developer’s experimental antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections(cUTIs).…
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USA -Rippl, a company focused on providing mental health solutions to seniors with dementia and other cognitive conditions, launched with a US$32 million seed round. The seed round was led…
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INDIA – Singapore-based investment firm Temasek has invested US$85 million (around ₹680 crore) in Goa-based diagnostics chain, Molbio Diagnostics and it will be valued at US$1.6 billion post the round.…
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TANZANIA – The United Republic of Tanzania has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vodafone Foundation to expand a maternal health emergency transportation system in…
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IRELAND – Biopharma company Abbvie is to invest US$58.9 million (€60m) at its manufacturing plant in Cork creating 70 additional jobs. The expansion will include the development of a new…
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USA – US drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PharmaLex Holding, for US$1.29 billion (€1.28 billion) in cash. This deal, which is tipped to…
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AFRICA – Malaria No More and the Health Finance Coalition (HFC) have launched a new health financing initiative for Africa dubbed the Outcomes Fund for Fevers (OFF) in partnership with…
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