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Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup DrugStoc secures $4.4 million Series A funding, embarks on expansion drive

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The pharmaceutical supply chain across Africa has for decades remained fragmented leading to sourcing and distribution challenges as well as quality concerns; as fake and substandard products flood the market. Chibuzo Opara and Adham Yehia, the co-founders of DrugStoc, a tech-based pharmaceutical procurement platform.

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Osana Salud raises $20M to build API-connected infrastructure for the LatAm healthcare industry

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Osana Salud , which aims to transform the healthcare infrastructure in Latin America, has closed on a $20 million Series A round of funding led by General Catalyst. With that in mind, the company has tapped doctors and engineers to design that infrastructure. Where top VCs are investing in healthcare B2B and infrastructure.

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mPharma raises $35million in round participated by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive

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The startup has now set out to activate more mutti pharmacies to widen its reach and to build out its tech-infrastructure as it readies itself for the next phase of growth after raising $35 million in Series D round. It is also rolling out an e-commerce platform for pharmaceuticals. “We Photo Credits: mPharma.

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Health tech startup mPharma acquires Vine Pharmacy, enters Uganda

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Earlier this year, mPharma entered Ethiopia after striking a franchising deal with Belayab Pharmaceuticals through its subsidiary, Haltons Limited. The Ethiopian pharmaceutical firm is part of Belayab Group — a franchisee of companies like Pizza Hut and Kia Motors — in the country. . The firm also partnered with Mt.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

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It’s also in the service business, operating its own cloud infrastructure for pharmaceutical firms, manufacturing, and others. Nvidia says its hardware, software, and services can cut early-stage drug discovery from months to weeks.

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Medable reaches $2.1B valuation as Tiger, Blackstone, GSR pump new capital into clinical trials management company

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However, this is one sector of healthcare where there is strong alignment of incentives across key players of the industry: pharmaceutical companies to get patients engaged, providers to get people through their centers, payers to shift the cost of care onto pharmaceutical companies and patients to have a better experience.

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8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022

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The difference in Europe is that there is opportunity for non-cannabis players to potentially get strategic and attempt to enter the market through an integration of cannabis as a CPG [consumer packaged good] or pharmaceutical-grade option,” said Todd Harrison, founding partner at CB1 Capital Management. Unlike the U.S.,

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