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India’s Ministry of Finance sets aside US$10B for the health sector in the 2023/24 budget

2 February 20232 February 2023

INDIA – Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, has announced that the health sector has been allocated about US$10 billion (Rs 89,155 crore) in the 2023/24 union budget to…

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Pfizer completes acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics for US$5.4bn

13 October 202213 October 2022

USA – Pfizer has completed its acquisition of Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), a biopharma focused on drug discovery and development for rare blood disorders such as sickle cell disease (SCD)…

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Novo Nordisk to purchase Forma Therapeutics in a US$1.1bn deal

2 September 20222 September 2022

DENMARK- Novo Nordisk has entered into a legally binding agreement to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Forma Therapeutics in a deal valued at US$1.1 billion (or US$20 per share). Forma Therapeutics…

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Kenya’s KMTC in advanced talks with WFH to build capacity of healthcare professionals

16 August 202216 August 2022

KENYA – The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) is in advanced talks with the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) to build the capacity of healthcare professionals for effective management and…

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Pfizer purchases producer of sickle cell medications Global Blood for US$5.4B

12 August 202212 August 2022

USA- Pfizer has invested US$5.4 billion in the developer of sickle cell medications Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT). The New York-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation aims to speed expansion after seeing…

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Kenya commemorates World Sickle Cell Awareness Day with early screening interventions

20 June 202220 June 2022

KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has partnered with County governments, private and public sector stakeholders and Sickle Cell warriors to advocate for early Sickle cell disease (SCD) screening, diagnosis…

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Novartis partners American Society of Hematology in digital management of sickle cell disease in Africa

10 June 202210 June 2022

AFRICA – African countries to receive advanced technology that will document and share the diagnosis of babies with sickle cell disease (SCD) through partnership between Novartis and the American Society…

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Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana hires Professor Solomon Ofori-Acquah as new President

4 June 20224 June 2022

GHANA – The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG) has named globally renowned researcher and academician Professor Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah as its new President with immediate effect. Prof. Ofori-Acquah brings…

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Nationwide Medical Insurance partners Novartis to advance sickle cell disease care capacity in Ghana

3 June 20223 June 2022

GHANA – Nationwide Medical Insurance (NMI), a leader in the private health insurance sector of Ghana, has partnered with Novartis to build the capacity of about 300 healthcare professionals on…

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CONSA unveils Sickle Cell screening facility for newborns in Liberia

21 September 202121 September 2021

LIBERIA – The Ministry of health in Liberia in collaboration with the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa (CONSA) have launched a new facility for infant Sickle Cell Disease screening…

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