Healthcare Middle East & Africa News, January 23, 2023

AFRICAN NEWS HEADLINES

• Kenya to set up first-ever anti-doping facility in Eldoret

KENYA –?The Kenyan government through the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), in conjunction with the County Government of Uasin Gishu, is set to establish an Antidoping Facility in Eldoret?.?. .?Read More

• Pfizer partners Future University in Egypt

EGYPT –?Pfizer Egypt for Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceuticals has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Future University in Egypt (FUE) for enhancing pharmacy students’ skills?. . .?Read More

• Save the Children International donates medical drugs and supplies to Malawi

MALAWI –?Save the Children International, a child rights-based organization, has donated medical drugs and supplies to the Malawi Government to enable the government to contain the diarrheal disease?. . .Read More

• WHO to strengthen trauma care services in Somalia

SOMALIA –?WHO?in collaboration with the Somalia Ministry of Health have rolled out a capacity-building plan for first responders and hospital managers to strengthen critical trauma care services in the country?. . .Read More

• USAID, Tanzania launch health project to mitigate HIV’s impact

TANZANIA –?The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the government of Tanzania has launched new five-year, US$56 million Kizazi Hodari project?. . .?Read More

GLOBAL?NEWS HEADLINES

• Pfizer to sell all its drugs and vaccines at no cost to world’s poorest countries

USA —?U.S. pharma giant Pfizer has announced at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that it will begin offering the full slate of products for which it has global rights at no cost to 45 low-income nations?. . .?Read More

• AbbVie and Eli Lilly exit drug pricing agreement with NHS

UK—?AbbVie and Eli Lilly have withdrawn from a voluntary UK drug pricing agreement for the National Health Service (NHS), potentially limiting access to their therapies for NHS patients?. . .?Read More

• Bayer warns of unfriendly European pharma policies

GERMANY —?German pharma, Bayer Pharmaceuticals is ditching Europe for U.S. and China markets citing the continent’s unfavorable tax policies that threaten business sustainability and profits?.?. .?Read More

• Mumbai Oncocare Centre raises US$10M in Series A funding

INDIA —?Mumbai Oncocare Centre (MOC), a chain of cancer daycare centers and a unit of cellcure cancer center Pvt Ltd, has raised up to US$10 million from Tata Capital Healthcare Fund to expand its operations to expand across India in the next 18 months?.?. .Read More

• Lifecare Hospital unveils new emergency department for blue-collar workers

UAE —?Lifecare Hospital in Musaffah has established a separate emergency department for Mussafah's industrial region, which will help thousands of blue-collar workers and residents?.?. .Read More