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LatAm Pharma Roundup: Sanfer Acquires Columbian Injectables Maker Vitalis; Chile Moves Towards Universal Care

LatAm LatAm Pharma Roundup: Sanfer Acquires Columbian Injectables Maker Vitalis; Chile Moves Towards Universal Care

LatAm A roundup of some of the latest stories from Latin American pharma and healthcare, including Sanfer’s acquisition of Columbia-based injectables manufacturer Vitalis; medicine shortages in Colombia, and Chile’s move towards universal primary health coverage with support from the World Bank. ACON Investments Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Vitalis to…

Morocco: Major Healthcare Reform Receives World Bank Backing

Morocco Morocco: Major Healthcare Reform Receives World Bank Backing

Morocco Aligned with the country’s 2021 development plan and the national project to extend health insurance to all of its citizens, Morocco has embarked on a sweeping healthcare reform. After a draft framework for an overhaul of the Moroccan healthcare system was brought forward last year, the plan has been backed…

Africa’s Biggest Pharma Company Gets $700 million for Vaccine Manufacturing Know-How

South Africa Africa’s Biggest Pharma Company Gets $700 million for Vaccine Manufacturing Know-How

South Africa With Africa struggling to vaccinate its populations against COVID-19, the World Bank – along with government institutions from the USA, Germany, and France – has intervened to loan South African firm Aspen Pharmacare EUR 600 million (USD 712 million) with the aim of increasing vaccine manufacturing know how across the…

Muhammad Ali Pate – Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population; Director, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children & Adolescents, World Bank

Global Muhammad Ali Pate – Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population; Director, Global Financing Facility for Women, Children & Adolescents, World Bank

Global Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank as well as Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents, reflects on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the work that the global institution has been doing to promote…

Interview: Jade Salhab Senior – Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Tunisia

Tunisia Interview: Jade Salhab Senior – Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Tunisia

Tunisia Jade Salhab, senior private sector development specialist at World Bank Tunisia, discusses the impact of the public-private dialogues initiated by his organization in Tunisia, and the additional measures needed to improve healthcare outcomes in Tunisia The World Bank, in response to a request from the government of Tunisia, facilitated a…

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