Press Release: Novartis receives approval for -2-

References

1. Eight African countries participated in Swissmedic's Marketing

Authorization for Global Health Products (MAGHP) procedure

https://www.swissmedic.ch/swissmedic/en/home/about-us/development-cooperation/marketing-authorisation-for-global-health-products.html

for Coartem Baby -- Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi,

Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda -- and are expected to approve

the medicine following approval by Swissmedic. These eight countries

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