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Healthcare

South Africa still far from providing equitable healthcare for all, summit reveals

Katja Hamilton 4 May 2023

How cannabis production can boost revenue for pandemic-stricken countries

Legislation

How cannabis production can boost revenue for pandemic-stricken countries

Darryl Bernstein 23 Jul 2021

Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

Pharmaceuticals

Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

Issued by Bonitas 6 Jul 2021

Tim Ball, IP specialist, Webber Wentzel

Covid-19

India and SA request waiver of Trips Agreement for Covid-19 treatment

Tim Ball 19 Oct 2020

Navigating through the cloud of cannabis legislation in South Africa

Corporate & Commercial Law

Navigating through the cloud of cannabis legislation in South Africa

Rui Lopes and Darryl Bernstein 21 Apr 2020

Finding South Africa's place in the emerging cannabis industry

Corporate & Commercial Law

Finding South Africa's place in the emerging cannabis industry

Romeo Tsusi 26 Jun 2019

Sahpra to continue supply of medicine during strike

Pharmaceuticals

Sahpra to continue supply of medicine during strike

16 Aug 2018

Counting the cost of cancer medication

Pharmaceuticals

Counting the cost of cancer medication

Lynne du Toit 21 Feb 2018

New authority replaces 'slow' Medicines Control Council

Pharmaceuticals

New authority replaces 'slow' Medicines Control Council

13 Feb 2018

Alexandra Schudel, Head of Financial Lines and Casualty at Chubb Insurance SA

Medical Research

Clinical trial insurance: A vital safety net for trial participants and owners

25 Jan 2018

Dr Thomas Kowallik

Trends

#BizTrends2018: High hopes for SA pharmaceutical progress this year

Dr Thomas Kowallik 10 Jan 2018

Quack, quack: When consumer protection is all noise and no action

Public Health

Quack, quack: When consumer protection is all noise and no action

11 Dec 2017

#WorldPatientSafetyDay: Playing an active role in treatment

Pharmaceuticals

#WorldPatientSafetyDay: Playing an active role in treatment

8 Dec 2017

How the ASA became a medicine regulator, and almost lost its shirt

Healthcare

How the ASA became a medicine regulator, and almost lost its shirt

Nicci Botha 24 Nov 2017

Pharmaceuticals

Pembrolizumab gets regulatory go-ahead

17 Nov 2017

Roche cuts the price of cancer drug

Pharmaceuticals

Roche cuts the price of cancer drug

Tamar Kahn 29 Aug 2017

National cancer drug shortage may last until October

Pharmaceuticals

National cancer drug shortage may last until October

28 Jun 2017

Oncology

Trastuzumab and the high cost of cancer treatment

Nicci Botha 21 Jun 2017

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

Pharmaceuticals

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

KEILA GUIMARÃES 8 Jun 2017

Stavros Nicolaou, head of industry association, Pharmaceuticals Made in SA. Photo:

Pharmaceuticals

New regulator will also oversee medical devices

5 Jun 2017

The huff and puff surrounding e-cigarette regulation in South Africa

Medical Law

The huff and puff surrounding e-cigarette regulation in South Africa

Jeanette Visagie 15 May 2017

New medicines law will change rules on medical devices

Surgical Equipment & Products

New medicines law will change rules on medical devices

27 Mar 2017

SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free

Tuberculosis

SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free

JOAN VAN DYK 15 Mar 2017

Why generics are money savers

Pharmaceuticals

Why generics are money savers

3 Feb 2017

MP 'high' over dagga bill

Legislation

MP 'high' over dagga bill

24 Nov 2016

MCC's new licensing requirements for medical devices

Medtech

MCC's new licensing requirements for medical devices

7 Nov 2016

Pharma company hails new medicines control body

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma company hails new medicines control body

10 Aug 2016

Is big pharma trying to muscle out the natural medicine industry?

Pharmaceuticals

Is big pharma trying to muscle out the natural medicine industry?

Daleen Totten 25 Jul 2016

SA pharma still attractive for foreign investors

Pharmaceuticals

SA pharma still attractive for foreign investors

29 Jun 2016

Healthcare

CAMS crackdown

23 May 2016

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

Public Health

SA still has a way to go in healthcare legislation

9 May 2016

Bogus doctors exposed

Healthcare

Bogus doctors exposed

6 May 2016

SA's toddlers - a Ritalin generation?

Mental health

SA's toddlers - a Ritalin generation?

2 Feb 2016

HIV/AIDS

How a drug can help prevent 5000 girls being infected with HIV every week

Sinead Delany-Moretlwe and Deborah Baron 21 Dec 2015

Ascendis Health expands operation with R345 million acquisition

Pharmaceuticals

Ascendis Health expands operation with R345 million acquisition

24 Nov 2015

Medicines Amendment Bill before National Assembly for approval

Legal

Medicines Amendment Bill before National Assembly for approval

Neil Kirby 11 Jun 2015

Approval by MCC of new TB drug welcomed

Tuberculosis

Approval by MCC of new TB drug welcomed

23 Oct 2014

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

Pharmaceuticals

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

16 Jul 2014

Medicine advertising and the ASA

Advertising

Medicine advertising and the ASA

Saul Aryeh Shoot 8 Jul 2014

New exco for National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Pharmaceuticals

New exco for National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

1 Jul 2014

Saul Shoot - 'As a matter of fact...'

Advertising

Saul Shoot - 'As a matter of fact...'

Saul Shoot 29 May 2014

New treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension in SA

Medtech

New treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension in SA

25 Feb 2014

Regulation of supplements needed following deaths, doping charge

Pharmaceuticals

Regulation of supplements needed following deaths, doping charge

17 Jan 2014

Complementaries of the season

Corporate & Commercial Law

Complementaries of the season

Neil Kirby 25 Nov 2013

Complementary medicines enter Medicines Act

Pharmaceuticals

Complementary medicines enter Medicines Act

22 Nov 2013