British pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has revealed its intention to conclude operations in Nigeria after maintaining a presence for 51 years in the country. The announcement, made through a statement by GSK Nigeria’s secretary, Fredrick Ichekwai, conveyed that the company’s exit from Nigeria is anticipated within the comingContinue Reading

Uganda on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people. “We have successfully controlled the Ebola outbreak in Uganda,” Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said at a ceremony in the central district of Mubende, where theContinue Reading

China will “suspend the issuance” of visas to Japanese citizens from Tuesday, its embassy in Tokyo said, in an apparent response to Japan’s restrictions on Chinese travellers over a surge in Covid cases. Beijing earlier on Tuesday suspended issuing short-term visas to South Koreans in a similar tit-for-tat reaction toContinue Reading

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Monday agreed to buy US biotech company CinCor for $1.8 billion, expanding further into the field of heart and kidney drugs. The takeover marks the latest push by Astra chief executive Pascal Soriot to bolster the Covid vaccine maker’s pipeline of new products. Massachusetts-based CinCorContinue Reading

UK medical bodies on Monday said patients were dying due to inadequate care and urged the government to act as Britain’s health service grapples with a winter crisis of strikes and soaring demand. The public National Health Service (NHS) faced budget constraints for more than a decade before the Covid-19Continue Reading