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GSK invests £130m in Africa

April 1, 2014
Manufacturing 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 …

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Sanofi starts work on ‘largest African facility’

September 30, 2013
Manufacturing 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 …

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Manufacturing facility news in brief

September 20, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Africa, Hikma

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Africa rising

March 26, 2013
Manufacturing 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 …

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GSK collaborates with Dundee on neglected diseases

March 6, 2012
Research 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 …

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Mini-labs to fight counterfeit drugs in Africa

March 2, 2012
Sales 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. …

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GSK launches ‘Open Lab’ to share resources

January 21, 2010
Research 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 …

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Quintiles opens Ghana office

August 7, 2009
Research and Development Africa, Quintiles

Quintiles has opened a new office in Accra, Ghana, which it says will increase capacity to manage clinical studies for …

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Novartis extends TB donation

July 14, 2009
Sales 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 …

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Merck takes aim at neglected tropical diseases

June 25, 2009
Research 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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