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Sahpra issues urgent recall of Benylin Paediatric Syrup over fatal toxicity concerns

15 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. In 2023, Debra Mallowah was appointed as Bayer’s first ever female lead in Africa for Crop Science, further reinforcing Bayer’s commitment to building a more equitable and diverse workforce.

Bayer inspires inclusion with launch of 2024 Women Empowerment Awards

2 Apr 2024

Steroid shows promise in treating serious Covid-19 cases

Steroid shows promise in treating serious Covid-19 cases

17 Jun 2020

Collaboration key to helping pharma supply chains weather Covid-19 storm

Collaboration key to helping pharma supply chains weather Covid-19 storm

11 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

The case for avoiding price controls in times of crisis: they don't work

The case for avoiding price controls in times of crisis: they don't work

Willem H. Boshoff 14 May 2020

SA to breathe easier with landmark OBEL Respiclear range

SA to breathe easier with landmark OBEL Respiclear range

ACDOCO SA 12 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Build for post-Covid, says Iyeza Health's Sizwe Nzima

#LockdownLessons: Build for post-Covid, says Iyeza Health's Sizwe Nzima

Sindy Peters 11 May 2020

KZN pharmacy admits to excessive pricing of face masks

KZN pharmacy admits to excessive pricing of face masks

8 May 2020

Dis-Chem charged with inflating prices of face masks

Dis-Chem charged with inflating prices of face masks

24 Apr 2020

Mr D Food-MediRite partnership delivers medicine to your door

Mr D Food-MediRite partnership delivers medicine to your door

9 Apr 2020

More clinical trials in African countries can help ensure that any vaccines or treatments developed cater to the continent’s genetic diversity. CELLOU BINANI/AFP via Getty Images

Few clinical trials are done in Africa: Covid-19 shows why this urgently needs to change

Jenniffer Mabuka-Maroa 7 Apr 2020

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Viome 2 Apr 2020

2020 healthcare marketing trends to boost your ROI

2020 healthcare marketing trends to boost your ROI

Cingulate 31 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Commission to deal with suppliers who inflate prices

Covid-19: Commission to deal with suppliers who inflate prices

23 Mar 2020

Not your grandmother’s vaccine.
Maria Croyle, CC BY-ND

Vaccines without needles - new shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

Maria Croyle 6 Mar 2020

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Clinical trials: how to make informed consent more ethical

Jeremy Howick 19 Feb 2020

The government must harness analytical technologies developed by pharmaceutical scientists in Nigeria Sebastian Condrea/GettyImages

What I've learnt about drug testing in Nigeria over the last 20 years

Sunday Olakunle Idowu 18 Feb 2020

The analgesic Grand-pa is among the most common pharmatrash in this study. Rebecca Hodes

Medical waste offers insights into South Africa's use of pharmaceuticals

Rebecca Hodes 12 Feb 2020

Traditional medicines sold at a South African market.
Rebecca and William Beinart

The story of the pharma giant and the African yam

William Beinart 10 Feb 2020

A history of how sedatives took hold in white South Africa

Julie Parle 7 Feb 2020

Secret histories of drugs - legal and illegal - in southern Africa

Thembisa Waetjen, Julie Parle & Rebecca Hodes 30 Jan 2020

Bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell.
Design_Cells/ Shutterstock

Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

Manal Mohammed & Andrew Millard 21 Jan 2020

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Gavin Churchyard 14 Jan 2020

Tumour cells under a microscope labelled with fluorescent molecules. Shutterstock

Antibody technologies take a step closer to precision medicine

Krupa Naran, Dharanidharan Ramamurthy, Neelakshi Mungra & Stefan Barth 14 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

Admire Dube, associate professor of pharmacy, University of the Western Cape

Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

What we've learnt from building Africa's biggest genome library

Deepti Gurdasani, Ayesha Motala, Pontiano Kaleebu & Segun Fatumo 4 Dec 2019

Aquaculture farmers often use antibiotics this can result in antibiotic-resistance in seafood. Shutterstock

What we found about bacteria that resist antibiotics in seafood

Olumide A Odeyemi 3 Dec 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

Enhance your wellbeing with DR+SWISS

Enhance your wellbeing with DR+SWISS

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Steroid shows promise in treating serious Covid-19 cases

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Collaboration key to helping pharma supply chains weather Covid-19 storm

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11 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

The case for avoiding price controls in times of crisis: they don't work

The case for avoiding price controls in times of crisis: they don't work

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SA to breathe easier with landmark OBEL Respiclear range

SA to breathe easier with landmark OBEL Respiclear range

ACDOCO SA 12 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Build for post-Covid, says Iyeza Health's Sizwe Nzima

#LockdownLessons: Build for post-Covid, says Iyeza Health's Sizwe Nzima

Sindy Peters 11 May 2020

KZN pharmacy admits to excessive pricing of face masks

KZN pharmacy admits to excessive pricing of face masks

8 May 2020

Dis-Chem charged with inflating prices of face masks

Dis-Chem charged with inflating prices of face masks

24 Apr 2020

Mr D Food-MediRite partnership delivers medicine to your door

Mr D Food-MediRite partnership delivers medicine to your door

9 Apr 2020

More clinical trials in African countries can help ensure that any vaccines or treatments developed cater to the continent’s genetic diversity. CELLOU BINANI/AFP via Getty Images

Few clinical trials are done in Africa: Covid-19 shows why this urgently needs to change

Jenniffer Mabuka-Maroa 7 Apr 2020

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Viome 2 Apr 2020

2020 healthcare marketing trends to boost your ROI

2020 healthcare marketing trends to boost your ROI

Cingulate 31 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Commission to deal with suppliers who inflate prices

Covid-19: Commission to deal with suppliers who inflate prices

23 Mar 2020

Not your grandmother’s vaccine.
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Vaccines without needles - new shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide

Maria Croyle 6 Mar 2020

Africa Studios/Shutterstock

Clinical trials: how to make informed consent more ethical

Jeremy Howick 19 Feb 2020

The government must harness analytical technologies developed by pharmaceutical scientists in Nigeria Sebastian Condrea/GettyImages

What I've learnt about drug testing in Nigeria over the last 20 years

Sunday Olakunle Idowu 18 Feb 2020

The analgesic Grand-pa is among the most common pharmatrash in this study. Rebecca Hodes

Medical waste offers insights into South Africa's use of pharmaceuticals

Rebecca Hodes 12 Feb 2020

Traditional medicines sold at a South African market.
Rebecca and William Beinart

The story of the pharma giant and the African yam

William Beinart 10 Feb 2020

A history of how sedatives took hold in white South Africa

Julie Parle 7 Feb 2020

Secret histories of drugs - legal and illegal - in southern Africa

Thembisa Waetjen, Julie Parle & Rebecca Hodes 30 Jan 2020

Bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell.
Design_Cells/ Shutterstock

Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

Manal Mohammed & Andrew Millard 21 Jan 2020

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Preventing TB: a big drug price cut paves the way for global scale-up

Gavin Churchyard 14 Jan 2020

Tumour cells under a microscope labelled with fluorescent molecules. Shutterstock

Antibody technologies take a step closer to precision medicine

Krupa Naran, Dharanidharan Ramamurthy, Neelakshi Mungra & Stefan Barth 14 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

Admire Dube, associate professor of pharmacy, University of the Western Cape

Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

What we've learnt from building Africa's biggest genome library

Deepti Gurdasani, Ayesha Motala, Pontiano Kaleebu & Segun Fatumo 4 Dec 2019

Aquaculture farmers often use antibiotics this can result in antibiotic-resistance in seafood. Shutterstock

What we found about bacteria that resist antibiotics in seafood

Olumide A Odeyemi 3 Dec 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

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Antibiotics: interplay between humans, animals and the environment is key

Sabiha Essack 28 Nov 2019

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Lee-Ann Liebenberg launches new health and wellness brand

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Tianarilalaina Tantely, Andriamampianina 21 Nov 2019

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Big Pharma has failed: the antibiotic pipeline needs to be taken under public ownership

Claas Kirchhelle, Adam Roberts & Andrew Singer 20 Nov 2019

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Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes

Kelly Chibale & Richard Gordon 19 Nov 2019

Antibiotic resistance could claim 10-million lives a year by 2050

Robin Green 18 Nov 2019

6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020

6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020

Eben Esterhuizen 18 Nov 2019

CBD oil is legal in South Africa. Here's what you need to know

CBD oil is legal in South Africa. Here's what you need to know

IV V.O.F 15 Nov 2019

Dr Nathaniel Mofolo, Dr Rita Nathan and Dr Mojalefa Maseloa. Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

Costly, lengthy, and safe process before drugs hit the shelves

13 Nov 2019

Millions of young children get malaria. These two got it in 2010.
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There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

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