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AstraZeneca inks billion-dollar deal with China's CSPC Pharma to expand weight management portfolio

Singapore, Feb. 3 -- AstraZeneca strengthens its weight management portfolio through a new strategic collaboration agreement with China-based CSPC Pharmaceuticals to advance the development of multipl... Read More


New regional centre to tackle ageing, climate, and chronic disease risks across Southeast Asia

Singapore, Feb. 3 -- NUS Medicine in Singapore and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington School of Medicine, have launched the NUS-IHME Global Burden of Dise... Read More


Korea's SK bioscience in-licenses RSV preventive mAb candidate from Gates Medical Research Institute

Singapore, Feb. 3 -- South Korea-based SK bioscience will advance a novel respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody (mAb) for global health under license from the Gates Medical Research In... Read More


Kenyan Ex-Nurse's Revenge Arson Bid Caught on UK Doorbell Cam

Kenya, Feb. 3 -- Kenyan ex-nurse's revenge arson bid made headlines across the UK and back home after a doorbell camera filmed her tossing lit matches at a neighbour's front door in Ashford, Kent. The... Read More


IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein Marjan Resigns in Shock Move

Kenya, Feb. 3 -- Marjan Hussein Marjan's resignation sent shockwaves through Kenya today as the veteran boss of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission stepped down from his dual role as C... Read More


How families influence entrepreneurs' journey

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- Onsongo grew up in a prolific farming family just outside Kisii town. The family's patriarch was the chairman of the largest local agricultural cooperative, while the matriarch cham... Read More


#BizTrends2026 | Pattern's James Townsend: 2026 is fashion's exponential, 'sentient' turning point

South Africa, Feb. 3 -- One theme stood out above all others: the death of the linear paradigm. For decades, retailers have operated within a predictable 'browse and buy' funnel. But that world is gon... Read More


Ogilvy leads South Africa at the TikTok METAP Awards 2025

South Africa, Feb. 3 -- The awards celebrate the region's most innovative, high-performing campaigns on TikTok, recognising work that moves beyond traditional advertising to create social-first, cultu... Read More


#Orchids&Onions: Sugar scares and DA's AI blunders

South Africa, Feb. 3 -- At 18, holding hands with my first girlfriend, I was - I now realise - living at a time when there were much fewer temptations to become a 'couch potato' - no internet, no soci... Read More


BizTrends206 | The Platinum Club's El Broide: Collaborating with AI is the PR power move for 2026

South Africa, Feb. 3 -- Pitches started sounding eerily similar, lacking the spark that makes a story stand out in a journalist's inbox. In 2025, PR professionals jumped on the AI bandwagon because n... Read More