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AFRICA – The African Union’s (AU) Special Representative on the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Dr. Michel Sidibe has called for the launch of “the first replenishment for an African-based health…
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EGYPT – Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar has inaugurated a fully automated cooling logistical complex for the storage and distribution of vaccines at the Egyptian Holding Company…
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NIGERIA – Remedial Health, a Nigeria-based healthtech startup that develops solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain more efficient, has raised US$4.4 million in seed funding to accelerate its expansion…
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INDIA – The Indian pharma industry is expected to grow to US$130 billion by 2030 and become the leading provider of medicines to the world, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) Secretary…
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SOUTH SUDAN – The Republic of South Sudan has formally released a new five-year strategy dubbed the 2022 Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy that provides an overall framework for governance, regulation…
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RWANDA – The Republic of Rwanda has hosted a regional workshop on local manufacturing of medical products in Kigali organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and…
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NIGERIA – Africa’s leading patient-centered technology-driven healthcare company mPharma has completed its previously announced acquisition of Nigerian pharmacy retail chain HealthPlus Group, the firm announced on its website. mPharma announced…
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AFRICA – Philips Foundation, Philips and RAD-AID International have entered into a multi-year cross-continental partnership to promote access to diagnostic ultrasound services in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. Philips…
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SOUTH AFRICA – South African e-health startup BusyMed, which is improving access to pharmacies for communities around the country, has raised additional funding to speed its expansion plans. The new round of investment was from E4E Africa, an entrepreneur-centric…
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SOUTH AFRICA – According to an earnings report filed, South Africa’s JSE-listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited (APN) has delivered a strong performance, with double digit organic growth in normalized EBITDA,…
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