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Philips East Africa and the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Karen Hospital have inaugurated the Philips Ingenia 3.0T MRI, billed as the first-ever digital broadband magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) solution.Driven by Philips’ commitment to developing innovative patient care solutions, the Ing . . .

Logistics company Imperial Logistics’ Africa-focused healthcare supply chain management provider last month started the construction of a $20- million pharmaceuticals storage and distribution facility in Nairobi, Kenya.   Imperial Health Sciences MD Dr Iain Barton states that the projec . . .

A $25 million intravenous fluids plant was officially opened this month in Sudan by Vice President Hassabo Mohamed Abdul-Rahman.   The plant, which has been ready for production for the past seven years, had faced operational delays owing to differences with the Malaysian partner and has capa . . .

Pharco Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize Presidio’s clinical stage hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A inhibitor PPI-668 in Kenya.   With the exclusive license, Pharco will now be able to expand its licensed territory to one or more ad . . .

A Global Pharmaceutical firm on Friday launched a new anti malaria drug formulation into the Kenyan market that is aimed at increasing adherence to the medication. "Malaria patients now only have to take one tablet per dose compared to the four tablets previously," Novartis Pharma Services Manager . . .