Is the rise of biotechnology Covid-19 induced?
According to McKinsey, between 2019 and 2020, biotech saw double-digit annual growth in fundraising from VCs...
Category : Healthcare
Mainz-based BioNTech to develop malaria vaccines with mRNA tech
The same technology was used to develop the Covid-19 vaccine...
Zambia might get 151,200 doses of Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccines
The latest batch of vaccines will be concentrated in the provincial regions where the demand is high...
Egyptian healthtech startup Yodawy raises $7.5 mn to fuel expansion plans
The online pharmacy company has more than 3,000 pharmacies and eight health insurers on its platform...
Citizens testing positive for Covid-19 despite Sinovac jab raises concern
In Thailand, nearly 600 healthcare workers who received two doses of Sinovac vaccine have been infected with the virus...
South Africa’s Quro Medical raises $1.1 mn to scale its operations
The funding round was led by VC firms Enza Capital and Mohau Equity Partners...
Mubadala health buys 60% stake in UEMedicals
The stake has been acquired from Jadawa Investment and United Eastern Group (UEG) and marked the company’s entry into the Saudi Arabia market...
Kenya signs new healthcare agreement with Cuba
The latest inter-ministerial cooperation agreement will see 101 Cuban doctors traveling to Kenya to train and educate the doctors of the African nation...
Prixa acquires funding of $3 mn from Telkom’s MDI Ventures
The healthcare startup provides telemedicine services for insurance companies, corporations and government entities...
Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine receives WHO approval
The health organisation approved Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine for emergency use listing...