Drugs firm injects Ksh1bn in 4 new medicines

Laboratory & Allied has launched new medicines in the East African market to help alleviate various conditions. The pharmaceutical company has invested Kshs1 billion towards the development and launch of the four new medicines as the company celebrates 45 years since inception.
South Africa's Mediclinic to buy UAE's Al Noor Hospitals for $2.2B

South Africa‘s Mediclinic Intl has agreed to buy United Arab Emirates’ Al Noor Hospitals Group for around 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), gaining the upper hand on rival NMC Health in a tussle for expansion in the fast growing Gulf region.
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F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in Liberia to be reconstructed

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Medical Center in Liberia requires US$181m to reconstruct in a bid to give it original status before civil war erupted in the 1990s, Dr Bernice Dahn the Minister of Health has said.
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Unilever opens $1.5M Vaseline production factory in Kenya to meet skin care demands

Unilever has opened a new KES155 million (€1.3 million) factory in Kenya which will be focused on the production of its Vaseline products, as it looks to meet the growing demands in the region for quality skin care products.
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