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A pharmacist guides a consumer on responsible self-care, reflecting new Economist Enterprise research on why affordable access, trusted health information and clear referral pathways are essential for integrating self-care into healthcare systems. Representative image.
Features & Analysis

Bayer-backed self-care research highlights referral, affordability and health literacy gaps

Bayer-backed research says self-care can ease health-system strain, but only with safeguards, affordable access and clear referral pathways.

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CoSara begins clinical studies in India to evaluate Co-Diagnostics’ rapid PCR-based tuberculosis test, as the partners target faster near point-of-care TB detection. Representative image.
Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Can CoSara’s 30-minute PCR platform close India’s tuberculosis testing gap? The decisive studies have begun

CoSara begins India clinical studies of Co-Diagnostics’ rapid tuberculosis PCR test, but assay clearance and real-world validation remain ahead.

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Representative image of an emergency Ebola treatment center and medical relief supplies being deployed in Central Africa, highlighting how field hospitals, protective equipment and outbreak-response logistics could strengthen Ebola containment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Features & Analysis

Can emergency Ebola treatment centers close Africa’s outbreak response gap?

Find out how Samaritan’s Purse’s Ebola treatment deployment in Congo highlights urgent gaps in outbreak readiness and field care.

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Representative image of a global healthcare policy discussion on hemophilia and inherited bleeding disorders, highlighting how the World Health Assembly resolution could influence diagnosis, treatment access and rare disease care equity.
Features & Analysis

A rare disease policy shift just landed at the WHO. Could it change hemophilia care worldwide?

Find out how the WHO hemophilia resolution could reshape diagnosis, treatment access, prophylaxis and bleeding disorder care worldwide.

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Representative image: Healthcare workers review treatment supplies in a regional clinic as Gilead Sciences and the World Health Organization renew efforts to expand AmBisome access and strengthen visceral leishmaniasis elimination programmes.
Pharma & Biotech

Why Gilead’s visceral leishmaniasis collaboration with WHO matters beyond drug donation

Gilead’s WHO pact targets kala-azar access, but diagnostics, treatment delivery and East Africa execution will decide the impact.

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Representative image: A clinician reviews pelvic imaging and biomarker data in a women’s health diagnostics setting, reflecting how non-invasive endometriosis tests using saliva, blood and molecular imaging could help shorten years-long diagnosis delays.
Features & Analysis

Is endometriosis diagnosis finally moving beyond surgery after years of missed symptoms?

Endometriosis testing is escaping the surgery-first era. Saliva, blood and imaging tools now face the harder test: clinical utility.

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Pharma & Biotech

How Novartis Pharma AG is targeting the last untreated segment in malaria care

Discover how Novartis Pharma AG is targeting neonatal malaria with Coartem Baby and what WHO prequalification means for global access.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why GC Biopharma’s BARYCELA approval in Guatemala matters beyond one Latin American market

GC Biopharma won Guatemala approval for BARYCELA. Read what this means for Latin America, vaccine supply strategy, and varicella market competition.

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