Litha Healthcare Group has purchased the South African subsidiary of Dutch health and wellness company, OTC Pharma International, OTC Pharma South Africa, which will see the healthcare group increase its portfolio in the natural health market.
19 Dec 2011 08:18The Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development has noted a statement issued earlier this week by SAMED stating that it owes huge amounts of money to suppliers and has in turn acknowledged that it does carry these debts.
25 Nov 2011 13:26
[Ray Faure] Pharmaceutical group Adcock Ingram has had no response yet to its request to the Department of Health to expedite its appeal committee process of the Medicines Control Council into the review of products containing the analgesic Dextropropoxyphene (DPP), the group's CEO Dr Jonathan Louw, confirmed on Tuesday.
25 Nov 2011 12:59
[Alexis Apostolidis] A recent report by the American Federal Trade Commission ("FTC", the equivalent to South Africa's competition authorities) on the short and long-term effects of authorised generics sparked an article in the
Business Report on Friday, 14 October- "Delay in generics robbing SA's sick". An authorised generic is an approved brand name drug marketed as a generic.
20 Oct 2011 09:19[Orlando Chauke] GIYANI: Traditional healers have been urged to refer critically ill patients to medical doctors. Chairman of the Mopani Traditional Healers in Limpopo, Frank Chauke, said healers shouldn't be motivated by money.
27 Sep 2011 09:51 
Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre have developed a medicated oral patch that allows a chemoprevention drug to release directly into precancerous lesions in the mouth over an extended time.
5 Sep 2011 13:30[Enrique Rivero] A UCLA-Harvard study has highlighted three types of confusing outcome measures. Studies about medications published in the most influential medical journals are frequently designed in a way that yields misleading or confusing results, new research suggests.
26 Aug 2011 09:19 Cape Town is set to become the first city in Africa to host the 14th Annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance (IGPA) Conference, a premier event for the global generic medicines industry.
17 Aug 2011 12:46
The South African government has managed to save R242 million or 18% by securing discounts from suppliers of antibiotics and tuberculosis drugs over the past two years according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, reports
Business Day.
5 Aug 2011 09:35
The active ingredient in a traditional Chinese herbal remedy might help treat deadly brain tumours, according to a new study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James).
18 Jul 2011 12:55
[Karen N. Peart] Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that a clinical trial of the epilepsy drug gabapentin may have been a "seeding trial" used by a pharmaceutical company to promote the drug and increase prescriptions, according to a report in the June issue of
Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
11 Jul 2011 13:51A South African woman runs the local operations of India's largest drug company, Ranbaxy, and the second largest, Cipla, is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
24 May 2011 14:19
Painkillers could prevent anti-depressants such as Prozac from working properly, research suggests.
26 Apr 2011 12:33
Drug consumption continues to rise in South Africa, with many South African consumers convinced that prescription drugs are safe simply because they have been recommended by a doctor and that anything 'natural' is likely to be an ineffective waste of time. The situation is far more complex, however, and South Africans need to be more discerning - to protect their health and their wallets.
20 Apr 2011 07:00
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