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Hikma and Guardant Health sign exclusive partnership agreement to bring transformative cancer diagnostic technology to the Middle East and North Africa
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company, today announces an exclusive agreement with Guardant Health, Inc., a leading precision oncology company. Through the agreement, Hikma has the exclusive rights for commercialisation and marketing of Guardant Health’s portfolio of liquid and tissue biopsy tests for cancer screening, recurrence monitoring and tumor mutation profiling across all solid cancers in the Middle…
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Osinbajo forced to swear oath, resign after 6 months for Tinubu- Fani-Kayode
Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation has accused a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of compelling the vice presidential candidate of his party, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to swear to an oath to resign after six months in office, if their party wins the presidential election. PDPPCO alleged that the move was part of a plot…
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Libya’s PM sacked over oil row
Libya’s parliament has dismissed Prime Minister Ali Zeidan after a tanker laden with oil from a rebel-held port broke through a naval blockade. MPs called a vote of confidence in Mr Zeidan after learning that the North Korean-flagged ship had escaped to sea. Defence Minister Abdullah al-Thinni was named interim prime minister. Earlier, Libyan officials had said they had “complete…
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Al Jazeera says three journalists held in Egypt after hotel broadcast
Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after the interior ministry accused the Qatar-based television channel of broadcasting illegally from a hotel suite together with a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Jazeera’s offices in Cairo have been closed since July 3 when they were raided by security forces hours after the army ousted the Brotherhood’s…
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