Kenya expands use of world’s First Malaria Vaccine
Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced that it will expand the use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (or RTS,S), in the country.
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Ghana, Kenya, Malawi to pilot malaria vaccination in April
Children aged between six months and two years are expected to receive the first ever malaria vaccination in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Program (MVIP) expected to commence in April in Ghana,…
U.S. appeals court dismisses case over alleged suicide link with GSK’s antidepressant
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday tossed a $3 million verdict against GlaxoSmithKline over the suicide of an attorney who took a generic version of the company’s antidepressant Paxil (named Seroxat in Nigeria), finding the company could…
Alma Sana, 3 others win US$1m global Healthcare Innovation Award
Nigerian-based project group, Alma Sana, has joined three other organisations to win one million US dollar global Healthcare Innovation Award.
The award came courtesy GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Save the Children. It is the first…
GSK recalls 600,000 Ventolin Inhalers from US
Multinational pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the recall of over 590,000 Salbutamol (Ventolin) inhalers from the US market, saying there could be issues with the delivery technique.
The recall is for three…