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Bio Usawa Biotechnology and Sartorius Stedim Biotech Forge Partnership to Pioneer Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing in Africa
KIGALI, Rwanda and SAN FRANCISCO and AUBAGNE, France, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bio Usawa Biotechnology, Ltd. (Bio Usawa), a leading African biotechnology firm, and Sartorius Stedim Biotech, a global partner of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, have announced a partnership to accelerate Africa’s biopharmaceutical industry and address the continent’s urgent, dual health burdens in infectious and non-communicable diseases. This collaboration will focus on developing and manufacturing afford
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