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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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Resilience raises over $800 million to transform pharmaceutical manufacturing in response to COVID-19

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COVID-19 has exposed critical vulnerabilities in medical supply chains, and today’s manufacturing can’t keep up with scientific innovation, medical discovery, and the need to rapidly produce and distribute critically important drugs at scale. billion to spend on sustainability and health-focused biotech. “It

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Nanome raises $3 million to help scientists get up close with molecular structures in VR

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Nanome is reimagining the way we interact with science at a time when innovation in collaboration is more important than ever before,” said Bullpen Capital General Partner Ann Lai in a press release. But they have plans to use this new funding to expand into pharmaceutical chemistry, synthetic biology, and even education.

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Accelerating Aerospace Organizational Innovation, Speed, and Resilience with Digital Technologies

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It is their ability to systematically innovate, push boundaries, and challenge norms that propels Aerospace every day — it is what excites growing countries and high-value entrepreneurs to invest. Companies are working with aerospace technologies to accelerate innovation and provide new differentiation.

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mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa

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The potential for telehealth across Africa is vast and promising as mobile connectivity deepens, and innovations that could potentially bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap increase according to a Deloitte report. mPharma also enjoys expertise backing from well experienced professions in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Unicorn Bio is building the hardware to scale cultivated meat from lab to table

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But bioreactors were only very recently only found in biotech and pharmaceutical laboratories and aren’t exactly designed for easy operation and customization. Some of these can already be found in the innovations of other cultivated meat startups, but it’s a fast-moving sector. To operate it, you don’t need a Ph.D.,

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Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot

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Given Udacity’s growth, focus on sustainable business practices, and expanding reach across multiple industries, we are excited to provide this investment. As with other market segments like e-commerce, this isn’t about a trend emerging out of the blue, but about it accelerating much faster than people projected it would.

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