Finally Cause for Optimism About TB Vaccine Research, Says Fauci 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan There is finally “cause for optimism” in the quest for a tuberculosis vaccine, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), told the opening of the sixth Global Forum on TB Vaccines on Tuesday. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly global infectious disease yet there […] Continue reading -> European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> High Cost of Prostate Cancer in United States Drug Re-Ignites Demands for Government Action 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan United States cancer patients protesting the price of a prostate cancer drug that costs up to five times more in the US than in other high-income countries have recently revived a petition to lower it’s price – a battle that was lost during the administration of US President Barack Obama but seems to be gaining […] Continue reading -> Flagship Training Programme Boosts Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases in Global South 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan In a village in eastern Ghana where Comfort Tetteh grew up, many people thought it was normal for a child to urinate blood. But after studying public health, Tetteh recognized this as a sign of schistosomiasis, one of the many neglected tropical diseases that affect her community. “In the districts that I’ve worked in, everything […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Union Adopts a Common Standard for Electronic Information about all Medicines in the Region 22/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Residents in the European Union will soon have access to a single electronic database with information about all medicine available in the region, following the European Medicines Regulatory Network’s adoption of a common standard for electronic product information (ePI). “This will enable any EU resident to get up-to-date information on all medicines available to patients […] Continue reading -> High Cost of Prostate Cancer in United States Drug Re-Ignites Demands for Government Action 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan United States cancer patients protesting the price of a prostate cancer drug that costs up to five times more in the US than in other high-income countries have recently revived a petition to lower it’s price – a battle that was lost during the administration of US President Barack Obama but seems to be gaining […] Continue reading -> Flagship Training Programme Boosts Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases in Global South 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan In a village in eastern Ghana where Comfort Tetteh grew up, many people thought it was normal for a child to urinate blood. But after studying public health, Tetteh recognized this as a sign of schistosomiasis, one of the many neglected tropical diseases that affect her community. “In the districts that I’ve worked in, everything […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
High Cost of Prostate Cancer in United States Drug Re-Ignites Demands for Government Action 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan United States cancer patients protesting the price of a prostate cancer drug that costs up to five times more in the US than in other high-income countries have recently revived a petition to lower it’s price – a battle that was lost during the administration of US President Barack Obama but seems to be gaining […] Continue reading -> Flagship Training Programme Boosts Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases in Global South 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan In a village in eastern Ghana where Comfort Tetteh grew up, many people thought it was normal for a child to urinate blood. But after studying public health, Tetteh recognized this as a sign of schistosomiasis, one of the many neglected tropical diseases that affect her community. “In the districts that I’ve worked in, everything […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Flagship Training Programme Boosts Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases in Global South 21/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan In a village in eastern Ghana where Comfort Tetteh grew up, many people thought it was normal for a child to urinate blood. But after studying public health, Tetteh recognized this as a sign of schistosomiasis, one of the many neglected tropical diseases that affect her community. “In the districts that I’ve worked in, everything […] Continue reading -> US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US and Africa Plan to Harness PEPFAR Networks to Increase COVID Vaccine Uptake 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – The US and Africa intend to use the well-established community networks supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The initaitive would build upon the infrastructure developed since PEPFAR entered as a major player on the African AIDS scene in 2003. […] Continue reading -> African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
African Medicines Agency Host Country Could be Selected by July 15/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The African Union could decide on the host country for the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as early as July, while the agency’s director-general should be appointed by the end of the year. This is according to Margaret Ndomondo-Sigonda, Head of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative at AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union’s development agency. The AU […] Continue reading -> European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European and African Pharma Sector Want Permanent Platform to Support African Development 14/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan The major players in the European and African pharmaceutical sectors have called on the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) to support the creation of a permanent “business platform” to foster the pharma industry’s development in Africa. This emerged at a workshop Monday hosted by the the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal […] Continue reading -> Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tedros Celebrates WHO’s ‘Baby’, The mRNA Hub in South Africa 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan CAPE TOWN – “Our baby is in good hands and will get stronger,” World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Afrigen CEO Petro Terblanche during a visit to the South African company which was chosen by the WHO as a “hub” to make mRNA vaccines and then share the technology with […] Continue reading -> South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South Africa Says ‘No Hesitation’ on Joining African Medicines Agency – WHO Head Tours Cape Town mRNA Vaccine Hub 11/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Speaking during a tour by WHO’s Director General of Cape Town’s new mRNA vaccine R&D hub that replicated the Moderna COVID vaccine, South Africa’s Health Minister affirms support for the continental-wide medicines regulatory authority. CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Health Minister signalled that his country intends to join the African Medicines Agency – but that […] Continue reading -> Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Roche Faces Prosecution for ‘Excessive Pricing’ of Breast Cancer Drug 09/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan South Africa’s Competition Commission is pursuing prosecution against Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche for “alleged excessive pricing” of its breast cancer treatment drug, Trastuzumab (marketed as Herceptin). It estimates that some 10,000 women were unable to get the treatment they needed between 2011 and 2019 because of Trastuzumab’s cost. It has asked the country’s Competition Tribunal […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts