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Pandemic may encourage pharma policy rethink in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Brazil, one of the hardest-hit countries, has a long history of policy and practice aimed at matching universal healthcare with sustainable local supply. Successful technological…

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

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AFRICA

Although cases and mortality per capita in Africa have been low compared to Europe and the Americas, the pandemic has exposed underlying vulnerabilities in health systems…

India’s vaccine roll-out faces key obstacles

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INDIA

Earlier this month, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed in India as ‘Covishield’, and a locally developed jab. The…

Brazil's local vaccine production aims for autonomy

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BRAZIL

Priority groups -- including health professionals, indigenous people, the elderly and those with co-morbidities, teachers, security and prison staff, prisoners and the homeless -…