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The European Union just approved a major plan to produce essential medicines locally and end the devastating drug shortages that plagued the continent during COVID-19. More than 200 critical medications, from insulin to antibiotics, will now be made closer to home.
Tanzania is preparing to roll out universal health insurance to remove barriers preventing citizens from accessing medical care. The ambitious plan includes strengthening hospitals, expanding mental health services, and boosting local medicine production.
Nigeria just banned imports of medicines that can be made locally, a game-changing move that could create thousands of jobs while making drugs more affordable. Community pharmacists are celebrating the policy as a turning point for healthcare and economic independence.
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Researchers engineered tobacco plants to produce five therapeutic psychedelics, making it easier to study treatments for depression and PTSD. The breakthrough could replace harmful harvesting practices with sustainable medicine production.
A New York startup is genetically engineering chickens to produce lifesaving medications in their eggs, potentially cutting drug costs to one-tenth their current price. After decades of struggle, new breakthroughs are finally making egg-based medicine production practical.
Scientists at MIT taught an AI to speak yeast's genetic language, boosting medicine production by up to three times while cutting costly trial and error. The breakthrough could make life-saving drugs cheaper and faster to produce.