Tagged with Africa

Africa Writing in the July 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Alex Juma Ismail of the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and Vicki Gold, a consultant to the Gates Foundation, unveil the “Continental List of Human Medicinal Products” pilot—a first-of-its-kind initiative led by the…

Switzerland In a milestone for global health, Novartis has received Swissmedic approval for Coartem Baby, the world’s first antimalarial treatment tailored for newborns and infants under 4.5kg. The decision fills a long-standing therapeutic gap and reinforces the company’s commitment to diseases that fall outside the pharmaceutical industry’s traditional commercial priorities.  …

Africa Building on the recent controversy over Tanzania’s handling of a suspected Marburg virus outbreak, Medicines for Africa’s Lenias Hwenda explores how African nations often face disproportionate consequences for outbreak transparency—penalties that wealthier countries rarely experience.   African countries face a difficult choice during outbreak situations. On one hand, they have…

Africa John M. Mwangi of Bayer Pharmaceuticals, writing in the December 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, examines why longstanding calls to implant more of the pharmaceutical manufacturing chain into Africa have yet to reach fruition.   Recent pandemics have triggered calls for deglobalization in the production of medical products…

Saudi Arabia The latest pharmaceutical industry and healthcare news from the Middle East and Africa (MEA), including Eva Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis deal with Eli Lilly; Avalon Pharmaceuticals’ global expansion ambitions; the agreement between Lifera and Novo Nordisk for Saudi insulin production;Kelix Bio’s four pharma acquisitions, and Aspen’s EUR 500 million financing package…

Africa The IFPMA’s Sarah Adam, writing in the July 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, looks back on an insightful discussion on the progress towards an African Medicines Agency at the DIA Europe conference earlier this year. The African Medicines Agency (AMA) is paving the way for Africa to achieve…

South Africa A leading voice in the global fight against HIV, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker works across both scientific research and activism. As CEO and founder of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Prof Bekker has helped change the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Her organisation has brought the latest HIV…

Africa Leading HIV patient advocate Flavia Kyomukama talks through the evolution of access to HIV treatment and prevention in Uganda over the last 30 years, as well as the challenges that remain, including sustaining the HIV response, combating stigma, and ensuring the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. She touches on some of…

USA Since its establishment in 2003, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved over 25 million lives and drastically reduced HIV infection rates through antiretroviral treatments. Now well established as the leading global funder of HIV prevention efforts, PEPFAR is supporting high HIV burden countries to meet…

Middle East & Africa Roula Youssef Halabi, SVP Global Fertility Services, discusses her six-year journey at CooperSurgical, establishing a footprint in the Middle East, overcoming cultural biases as a female executive and the shift that has led GCC countries to increasingly recognize the importance of women’s health. She also speaks about the need for…

Middle East & Africa Rami Rajab, CEO of the medical devices trade association, MECOMED, walks us through the organization’s current priorities, including its focus on Saudi Arabia in light of the kingdom’s ongoing transformation, and the creation of the UAE Regulatory Authority for Medical Devices (EDE). In addition, he reviews the challenges surrounding digital…

Middle East & Africa A lot has happened at Olympus since we last spoke with regional managing director for Middle East, Türkiye & Africa Ronald Boueri two years ago. Namely, the MedTech has been working on setting up its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Boueri discusses the importance of the Saudi market, pursuing its…