Africa
GSK Ebola vaccine underway
August 11, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, Vaccine, WHO, johnson
Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus will begin soon according to its developers GlaxoSmithKline. The …
GSK invests £130m in Africa
April 1, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, GSK, Nigeria, kenya, rwanda, sub-saharan
GlaxoSmithKline is to invest £130 million in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years – money which the company says …
Sanofi starts work on ‘largest African facility’
September 30, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Africa, Sanofi, algeria
Sanofi has started construction of a €70 million manufacturing facility in Algeria that will be the company’s largest site in …
Africa rising
March 26, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Lunt
Africa has been a byword for poverty, disease and political turmoil for generations, and many people in the most developed …
GSK collaborates with Dundee on neglected diseases
March 6, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Dundee, GSK, Gates, Wellcome
GlaxoSmithKline has teamed up with Dundee University and the Wellcome Trust to develop new drugs for neglected diseases. Healthcare charity …
Mini-labs to fight counterfeit drugs in Africa
March 2, 2012Sales and Marketing Africa, Merck KGaA, Zambia, counterfeits
Merck KGaA is donating equipment which can detect counterfeit drugs, while also increasing its commitment to eradicating schistosomiasis in Africa. …
GSK launches ‘Open Lab’ to share resources
January 21, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, GlaxoSmithKline, malaria
GlaxoSmithKline has announced a series of measures to help improve medical treatment in poor countries. It has set up an …
Quintiles opens Ghana office
August 7, 2009Research and Development Africa, Quintiles
Quintiles has opened a new office in Accra, Ghana, which it says will increase capacity to manage clinical studies for …
Novartis extends TB donation
July 14, 2009Sales and Marketing Africa, Novartis, TB
Novartis has extended its tuberculosis (TB) drug donation programme to Tanzania. Novartis has already delivered nearly 250,000 TB treatments to …
Merck takes aim at neglected tropical diseases
June 25, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Merck, Orphan
Merck & Co is participating in two projects designed to help improve healthcare in Africa. The pharma giant will join …
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