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Cuprina Secures Exclusive Rights to Southeast Asia’s First UNIDO/GEF- Demonstrated Medical Waste Recycling Technology
SINGAPORE, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cuprina Holdings (Cayman) Limited (Nasdaq: CUPR) (“Cuprina” or “the Company”), a biomedical and biotechnology company dedicated to the development and commercialization of products for the management of chronic wounds and infertility, as well as cosmeceuticals for the health and beauty sector, today announced it has secured exclusive licensing rights to Southeast Asia’s first medical waste recycling technology developed under the oversight of the Uni
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