Healthcare Middle East & Africa Magazine News-July 3, 2023

AFRICAN NEWS HEADLINES

• African-led HIV-PrEP vaccine combination commences human trials

UGANDA—The PrEPVacc study, funded by the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2) program, has commenced human trials of the HIV-PrEP combination vaccine in four sites in East and Southern Africa...Read More

• Muhammad Pate declines GAVI CEO position for a possible Nigerian cabinet appointment

NIGERIA—?Dr. Muhammad Pate, the former Minister of State for Health may be heading back to Nigeria to take up a ministerial appointment in President Bola Tinubu’s new government, after declining the GAVI CEO post to replace Dr. Seth Barkley...Read More

• DRC President backs the rollout of the country’s largest cervical and breast cancer screening program

DRC—President Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo has given his full backing to phase one of Cingulate Medical and MobileODT’s large-scale national cervical cancer and breast cancer screening and treatment program in the country...Read More

• Morocco’s medical equipment supplier T2S extends cooperation agreement with GE Healthcare

MOROCCO –?Techniques Science Santé (T2S), a distributor of high-tech medical equipment based in Casablanca, has expanded a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive distributor for GE Healthcare’s products and services in sub-Saharan Africa...Read More

MIDDLE EAST NEWS HEADLINES

• United Arab Emirates’s NMC Healthcare Group opens new hospital in Dubai

UAE –?NMC Healthcare Group has opened its newest state-of-the-art hospital located at the Dubai Investments Park (DIP) in the Emirate of Dubai and this underpins DIP’s commitment to providing top-notch healthcare facilities to residents and visitors across DIP and the surrounding areas...Read More

• CENTOGENE and Lifera to form JV for genetic testing services in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI ARABIA?– CENTOGENE, a German data-driven rare diseases, and neurodegenerative research company, and Lifera are set to form a joint venture to offer multi-omic testing services to patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries...Read More

• P&G signs strategic pact with Al Jalila Foundation to enhance paediatric care in the UAE

UAE-?Procter & Gamble (P&G) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Al Jalila Foundation to improve access to top-notch paediatric care services through its Farah program for P&G’s medical treatment and research of children’s illnesses in the United Arab Emirates...Read More

• Abu Dhabi’s M42 and Butterfly unite to foster inclusive healthcare for people of determination

UAE –?M42, a tech-enabled, integrated healthcare company, has signed a pact with the Abu Dhabi-based advocacy agency Butterfly to promote inclusive healthcare services for people of determination?...Read More

GLOBAL?NEWS HEADLINES

• Eye-Q installs new LASIK tech at its super specialty hospital in Rewari?

INDIA –?Eye-Q Vision Private Limited has installed a brand-new customized LASIK machine at its super specialty eye hospital in Rewari in the Indian state of Haryana whereby the machine is designed to cater to the needs of patients with various visual conditions...Read More

• FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies appoints Lars Petersen as the new President and CEO

JAPAN —?FUJIFILM Corporation, has appointed Lars Petersen as the new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies to succeed Martin Meeson, who has held the position since 2020...Read More

• Sanofi developing the next generation of mRNA shots for Influenza?

FRANCE —?Sanofi, has announced that it's?focusing on the development of the next generation of shots to combat influenza, and early-stage testing of the experimental influenza shot, based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, demonstrated a strong immune response against A strains of the virus...Read More

• Major funding secured for final trials of potential new tuberculosis vaccine?

UNITED KINGDOM —?The M72/AS01E vaccine for TB developed by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has secured US$550 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust for the final trials of a promising vaccine...Read More