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KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health, through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), has entered into a strategic partnership pact with Roche Kenya Limited aimed at improving access to lifesaving…
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USA – The FDA has expanded approval of Roche’s spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug Evrysdi to include infants younger than 2 months old, providing an oral alternative to a gene…
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SWITZERLAND – Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche has announced the development of three test kits to detect the monkeypox virus, which has recently spread outside of its epidemic areas in…
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INDIA – Swiss multinational Roche Pharma has announced the launch of PHESGO, the world’s first fixed dose combination of two monoclonal antibodies in oncology for the treatment of HER-2 positive…
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FINLAND – Kaiku Health, a digital cancer care firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with pharma and diagnostics giant Roche to provide Kaiku’s instruments for symptom administration and help…
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SWITZERLAND – The EU’s drug advisory body has recommended approval of Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as an adjuvant treatment in adult patients with early non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following complete resection and…
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USA – Eisai Co Ltd and Eli Lilly and Co have said that they will continue to seek accelerated U.S. approval for experimental Alzheimer’s drugs, despite Medicare’s decision to severely…
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GHANA – The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has partnered with Roche Products Ghana Limited, the local affiliate of the Swiss-based pharmaceutical giant F. Hoffmann-La Roche, to boost the delivery of…
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USA – Merck has released specific data for Keytruda in early-stage lung cancer, indicating an advantage over Roche’s first-to-market Tecentriq. Postsurgery use of Keytruda reduced the risk of disease recurrence…
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SWITZERLAND – In an effort to increase access to the costly drug, the World Health Organization announced that it has prequalified the arthritis treatment tocilizumab for use in patients hospitalized…
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