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AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

ICT

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

1 Jul 2024

Healthy-eating guidelines for the winter

Healthcare

Healthy-eating guidelines for the winter

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 May 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Source: Department of Science and Innovation.

Healthcare

Nzimande unveils inaugural nuclear medicine research facility in Pretoria

23 May 2024

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Education

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Issued by Eduvos 21 May 2024

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Legal

#WorldIPDay: Celebrating the women connecting IP and science

Amy Anderson and Dirk Hanekom 26 Apr 2024

Healthcare

A huff and a puff: Could nicotine pouches put an end to smoking?

Christina Pitt 10 Apr 2024

Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Healthcare

Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Source: Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine.

Healthcare

Researchers developing cellphone app that detects TB

25 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Netcare Milpark Breast Care Centre receives global acclaim

1 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group chief technology director at Afrocentric Group.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: The only constant is change - healthcare technology trends

Avsharn Bachoo 16 Jan 2024

Source: UNAids.

Healthcare

Kiara Health takes vital first step to making woman-controlled HIV prevention a reality

1 Dec 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Healthcare

TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal

Charles Shey Wiysonge 8 Nov 2023

Source: Nobel Prize/Youtube

Healthcare

Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

Katja Hamilton 6 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.

Healthcare

Western Cape's new Central hospital unveiled with focus on academic services

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2023

Source: Sharon Teversham, founder of Azela Health.

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Sharon Teversham, founder of Azela Health, brings hope to motor neuron disease patients with breakthrough treatment

Katja Hamilton 1 Aug 2023

Healthcare

Sanofi fully embraces AI and data science for patient breakthroughs

20 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Miller, is the national treasurer at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa.

Healthcare

Genetic medicine divide: Why SA lags behind the rest of the world

Andrew Miller 30 May 2023

Healthcare

#HIVToday: Licensing of anti-HIV jab ignites hope for millions in Africa

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Healthcare

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 May 2023

Healthcare

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

Keymanthri Moodley and Stuart Rennie 9 May 2023

Healthcare

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Healthcare

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Source: © Andriy Popov 123rf

Healthcare

One-of-a-kind virtual medical centre launches in Cape Town

27 Feb 2023

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Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Feb 2023

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Healthcare

Carbogen Amcis scales its production by opening facility in France

14 Feb 2023

Source: iStock.

Healthcare

New World Economic Forum report addresses workforce shortages in the face of economic crises

10 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

BioNTech starts human trial to test malaria vaccine

28 Dec 2022

Healthcare

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Founder of Liqid Medical, Daemon McClunan.

Healthcare

SAB Foundation injects R30m into local startup medical device development company

23 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Pivotal local research on antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals begins in earnest

22 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Pfizer says Omicron-specific booster vaccine shows promising results but not yet approved for SA

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

Aaron Ross 17 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Moderna sues Pfizer

30 Aug 2022

Healthcare

Pfizer to acquire Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4bn

22 Aug 2022

Source: BioNTech.

Healthcare

Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

Healthcare

Scientists sound alarm on badly run medical studies

James Stent 13 Jun 2022

Healthcare

New Rooibos phytosome to be developed for skin health

14 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Co-creation will address the urgent need for digital transformation

ICT

Co-creation will address the urgent need for digital transformation

Ria Pinto 8 Apr 2022

Source: iStock.

Finance

The Vaal Cannabis Capital - the linchpin of SA's first smart city

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2022

Source: REUTERS

Healthcare

Moderna to seek emergency authorisation for Covid shot for children younger than six

23 Mar 2022

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

ICT

mRNA Tech transfer hub beneficiaries announced

21 Feb 2022