STAT

JULY 25, 2023

A hearing began in a South Africa court on Tuesday to determine whether the government overpaid for Covid-19 vaccines, an allegation made by advocacy groups who contend that a lack of transparency may have masked pharmaceutical profits at the public’s expense. The contracts, however, have never been publicly disclosed.

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STAT

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

My coffee this morning is neither helium-blasted nor deep-fried, but it’s good to know the spirit of innovation is as alive and well in the world of beans as it is in Beantown. … South Africa was “bullied” into one-sided deals with Covid-19 vaccine suppliers, STAT reports. Or something.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 7, 2023

The funding will support the new production plant and distribution hub, which is aimed at enhancing access to high-quality medicines in Africa. Fosun Pharma chairman Wu Yifang stated: “We are glad to be supported by IFC to localise pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution in Africa.

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NY Times

AUGUST 16, 2021

Johnson & Johnson is sending shots from South Africa to other parts of the world. African countries are waiting for most of the doses they’ve ordered.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 12, 2023

The first conjugate vaccine to protect against the five predominant causes of meningococcal meningitis in Africa, has been prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO). MenFive ® has been developed through a 13-year collaboration between the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India Pvt.

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Express Pharma

JANUARY 22, 2024

Cameroon has kickstarted the world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria. The RTS,S malaria vaccine, developed by GSK and sold under the brand name Mosquirix, was backed by the World Health Organization in July 2022. It underwent trials in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. It acts against P.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

The expanded licence will include the development of vaccines and therapeutic proteins beyond Covid-19 for human and animal health markets in Africa. During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination rates of many countries in Africa were significantly trailing the rest of the world.

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Express Pharma

MARCH 29, 2023

Royal DSM revealed the first audited results of its progress in helping to address urgent societal and environmental challenges linked to how the world produces and consumes food. DSM is now developing new activities in greater Africa, Latin America and South East Asia as it aims to reach 500,000 smallholders by 2030.

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Express Pharma

JULY 13, 2023

It is also the only vaccine that prevents meningitis caused by meningococcal group X, a pathogen increasingly implicated in meningitis outbreaks in Africa. It is a big moment as we, together, pave the way towards a healthier Africa, saving countless lives.”

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 1, 2022

Some months after the first Covid-19 vaccines became available, the World Health Organization (WHO) set a target of vaccinating 70% of each country’s population by the end of June 2022. The post Magazine-How delays derailed Covid-19 vaccination in Africa appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology. Read it for free on all devices.

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Express Pharma

AUGUST 21, 2023

Avantor, inaugurated its expanded Singapore Hub which includes a newly added cGMP manufacturing and a world class quality control laboratory. The hub is a one-stop facility serving the needs of customers across Asia, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA), strengthening the region’s innovation and biopharma ecosystems.

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Quality Matters

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Resilient manufacturing of medicines and vaccines On-shoring, re-shoring, and expanding pharmaceutical production in new regions such as Africa and the ecosystem approaches that are needed to get us there were dominant themes in 2023. Agency for International Development.

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Pharma Mirror

JUNE 16, 2023

This was the first in the field of higher education for any health profession and led to the development of the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence in Africa. In 2021, The post UNESCO backs plans for centres for excellence in pharmacy education across the world regions appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine.

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Express Pharma

APRIL 16, 2024

As the world’s leading supplier of generic drugs, India’s pharmaceutical industry has become a ray of hope for millions as it ensures quality-assured and cost-effective treatments reach those who need them the most. It also contributes to 40 per cent of medications in the US and 33 per cent in the EU.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 27, 2022

2 SCD predominantly affects those whose ancestors are from sub-Saharan Africa but is also common in people of Hispanic, South Asian, Southern European and Middle Eastern ancestry. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a devastating, lifelong blood disorder that occurs when someone inherits sickle cell genes from both parents.

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Express Pharma

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As part of its efforts to make Bleomycin more accessible, the company has submitted sixteen additional applications to Ministries of Health (MOHs) around the world. The post Venus Remedies gets market authorisation for Bleomycin 15,000 IU in the UK appeared first on Express Pharma.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, to prevent malaria in children. Delivered to scale and rolled out widely, [WHO’s] two vaccines can help bolster malaria prevention and control efforts,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa stated.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 3, 2021

The UK government is talking to AstraZeneca about ordering additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine that will target the beta variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus first identified in South Africa, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. 1.351 – which is estimated to be around 50% more transmissible than earlier strains.

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Express Pharma

JANUARY 23, 2024

The addition of SII to the CEPI manufacturing network will be a significant boost to vaccine production efforts in Global South regions and will mean the world is better prepared to achieve the 100 Days Mission to develop new vaccines against known or novel infectious diseases within three months of a pandemic threat being recognised.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Data from a real-world study South Africa has indicated that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is 29% less likely to cause hospitalisation among infected adults than other strains – although the researchers behind the work stress the findings are preliminary. BREAKING [Thread]: 1. — Mia Malan (@miamalan) December 14, 2021.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 296 million people globally live with hepatitis B, with most unaware of their infection. Africa is the worst impacted region for hepatitis B with a prevalence of 7.5 Again, Africa is the worst-impacted region with a prevalence of 0.8 percent compared to 0.5

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Pharmafile

MARCH 28, 2023

Published date: 27/03/2023 Summary: This acquisition positions Vantage Nutrition as the only company in the world supplying Sidebyside health products to nutritional and pharmaceutical markets, for enhanced combinations. read more

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Moderna has said it plans to invest $500 million in a new facility for manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Africa, and has kicked off a search to find a suitable country and location. According to the latest WHO data, just 4.4%

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 15, 2022

At least one million people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), mainly Africa, are set to benefit from Eli Lilly and Company and manufacturer EVA Pharmaceutical’s new collaboration delivering a sustainable supply of high-quality, affordable human and analogue insulin to this population.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 18, 2023

Pfizer has announced it is expanding its ‘An Accord for a Healthier World’ initiative, to include its full portfolio of medicines and vaccines for which Pfizer has global rights. An Accord for a Healthier World. “We Through ‘An Accord for a Healthier World’, the expanded portfolio also includes a wide range of antibiotics.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The research segmented the market regionally as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa and the Rest of the World. According to World Alzheimer Report in 2015, regional estimations of dementia prevalence in people aged 60 years and over vary from 4.6 percent in Central Europe to 8.7

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 14, 2023

Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has approved R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine in children aged 5 to 36 months, marking the first regulatory clearance for the University of Oxford-developed vaccine in any country in the world. Children between the ages of five and 36 months are at highest risk of death from malaria.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The WHO has given a green light to widespread use of GlaxoSmithKline’s malaria vaccine in Africa, in what could be a major turning point in the fight against the disease. The vaccine could soon be available – as an additional malaria control tool – to more children across Africa. link] #VaccinesWork.

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Express Pharma

MAY 10, 2024

Vaccine manufacturing leadership India’s leadership in vaccine manufacturing is unparalleled, with the country producing 60% of the world’s vaccines. This impact extends beyond borders, with North America emerging as a key market and accounting for 34 per cent of India’s pharma exports, closely followed by Africa at 19 per cent.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One in four of the world’s rivers are polluted with potentially toxic levels of pharma compounds, according to a new study. The post Pharma pollution ‘threatens world environment, health’; study appeared first on. The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

AUGUST 22, 2022

According to UNICEF, nearly half a million children died from malaria in Africa in 2020, at a rate of one child death per minute, so the supply contact could save thousands of lives every year. The vaccine acts against Plasmodium falciparum , the most deadly malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

With governments around the world announcing measures to curb the new B.1.1.529 The two cases are linked and there is a connection with travel to southern Africa. 1.1.529 variant of COVID-19 – now christened Omicron – leading vaccine manufacturers have said they are poised to develop new shots if needed.

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Express Pharma

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It will now have a strong commercial footprint across ~120 countries with a direct presence in the United States, Canada, Europe and 9 key Emerging Market countries, namely India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are already seeing an increase in projects exploring population genomics in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with initiatives including the GenomeAsia100K Project and the Genome Aggregation Database focusing on capturing genetic data of non-European individuals.

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Express Pharma

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The facility has ensured compliance with quality and regulatory requirements of the healthcare industry.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 27, 2023

The investment will enable an estimated 150 medical-grade refrigeration units to be installed at 25 Life for a Child partner facilities in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Cold chain – a vital part of medical logistics Cold chain refers to the transportation and storage of temperature-controlled medications.

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Pharmaceutical Business Review

JUNE 16, 2023

The report also highlights that gaps in the regulatory methods can expose patients in Colombia and Ecuador to biocopies that may not comply with World Health Organization’s (WHO) global guidelines for biosimilars approval, among others.

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