The European Commission and WHO extend their strategic cooperation to deliver better health for all
At the EU-WHO Strategic Dialogue on Health between the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, the European Commission (EC) and WHO agreed to enhance strategic cooperation in global health security and architecture. They will also cooperate on the implementation of major initiatives, such as the […]
ACT-Accelerator Launches Six Month Plan As World Transitions To Long-Term Covid-19 Control
Plan sets out the partnership’s key priorities and ways of working, as countries transition to managing COVID-19 as a long-term public health issue The plan’s focus is on vaccinating high-risk populations, introducing new treatments, boosting testing and securing sustained access to COVID-19 tools The Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator is a global collaboration to accelerate […]
Tuberculosis deaths and disease increase during the COVID-19 pandemic
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB (including 187 000 among HIV positive people), according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report. The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3% between 2020 and […]
Roche to present new OCREVUS (ocrelizumab) data in multiple sclerosis and continued research into neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder at ECTRIMS 2022
OCREVUS data will show significant benefit on slowing disease activity and progression in patients with treatment-naive early-stage relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) Largest pregnancy safety data across anti-CD20 medicines for OCREVUS in multiple sclerosis (MS) Nine-year safety data for OCREVUS reinforces its favourable benefit-risk profile New research demonstrates impact of misdiagnosis and delay of starting treatment […]
Sraggering Backsliding Across Women's, Children's and Adolsent's health reveald in new UN analysis
COVID-19, conflict, climate crises exacerbate setbacks for childhood and adolescent prospects, women’s rights Berlin, 18 October 2022 – A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people and women. Data […]
ISPE Provides Guidance on Improving and Advancing Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring Systems
(NORTH BETHESDA, MARYLAND, USA, 17 OCTOBER 2022) – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) announced the release of the ISPE APQ Guide: Process Performance & Product Quality Monitoring System (PPPQMS). This Guide provides a quality management framework for assessing and advancing an organization’s PPPQMS maturity level by evaluating the following aspects: Establishing a Control […]
[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche records solid results for the first nine months of 2022
Group sales up 2%1 at constant exchange rates (CER) and 1% in Swiss francs; as expected, significantly lower COVID-19-related sales in both divisions in the third quarter Sales in the Pharmaceuticals Division at the previous year’s level with significantly lower sales of COVID-19-related products (Ronapreve and Actemra/RoActemra) and losses to biosimilars, offset by strong growth […]
Parliamentarians commit to support global health
GENEVA, 18 October 2022: Today at the World Health Summit, in front of an audience including more than 40 parliamentarians from 30 different countries, WHO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNITE, Parliamentarians Network for Global Health. This represents a new step in strengthening WHO engagement with parliaments. With this agreement, UNITE commits to support […]
Global leaders commit US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio
GENEVA, 18 October 2022: Today at the World Health Summit, in front of an audience including more than 40 parliamentarians from 30 different countries, WHO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNITE, Parliamentarians Network for Global Health. This represents a new step in strengthening WHO engagement with parliaments. With this agreement, UNITE commits to support […]
UNICEF and WHO welcome KSrelief funding for measles and polio epidemics prevention
GENEVA, 17 October 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF welcomed today funding agreements from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) valued at US$ 10 million to further bolster polio and measles programmes in eight countries. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin. The […]
