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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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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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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 – 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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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 – 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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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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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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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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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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