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President Ramaphosa on his oversight visit to the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) facility housed at the hospital in Pretoria on Tuesday, 24 June 2025. Image credit: SA Government

NHI

Steve Biko Hospital is a blueprint for NHI's future - Ramaphosa

25 Jun 2025

Source: Department of Science and Innovation.

Healthcare

Nzimande unveils inaugural nuclear medicine research facility in Pretoria

23 May 2024

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Medical Research

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Issued by Stellenbosch University 21 May 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael K. Obeng, chief executive officer and founder of Miko Pharma.

Pharmaceuticals

Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

29 Feb 2024

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

Research & Development

Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new but bringing them up to scale will require further development

André O. Hudson 28 Jun 2023

From AI to intelligent AI and a whole new world for business

4th Industrial Revolution

From AI to intelligent AI and a whole new world for business

Sarthak Rohal 7 Feb 2023

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Navigating data overload in South Africa's healthcare sector

Willem Botes 9 Jan 2023

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

Healthcare

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, CEO of the IPASA

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma companies need to build trust with consumers

Bada Pharasi 18 Nov 2021

University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

Covid-19

University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 10 Jun 2021

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Covid-19

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021

Oncology

New DNA research could help combat cancers that are resistant to current standard treatments

19 May 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Covid-19

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

A simple chain of amino acids folds into a complex three-dimensional structure.

Medtech

AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold

Marc Zimmer 7 Dec 2020

Conditions like HIV, TB, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increase the risk of pulmonary hypertension. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Pulmonary hypertension: why creating awareness is key in Africa

Gerald J Maarman 9 Oct 2020

Collaboration is crucial for scientists to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic. Getty Images

Covid-19

Coronavirus: never been a more compelling time for African scientists to work together

Salome Maswime, Collet Dandara & Sudesh Sivarasu 22 Apr 2020

David Gibbons, general manager, Roche Products

Trends

#BizTrends2020:Technology and public-private partnerships on pharma's agenda

David Gibbons, 13 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Trends

6 ways to speed up the UN's health SDGs in Africa

Mathieu Lamiaux 7 Jan 2020

Pharmaceuticals

We are using computer models to fight drug resistance

Ozlem Tastan Bishop 13 Dec 2019

A.G. Sanders with penicillin extraction equipment. Image reproduced with permission of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Author provided

Pharmaceuticals

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

Claas Kirchhelle, Adam Roberts & Andrew Singer 20 Nov 2019

Africa is home to 92% of malaria cases and 93% of malaria deaths. Shutterstock

Malaria

Collaboration pushes frontiers of anti-malaria drug regimes

Kelly Chibale & Richard Gordon 19 Nov 2019

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

Pharmaceuticals

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.
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

Pharmaceuticals

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

James Leahy 28 Oct 2019

Artist impression of neurons communicating in the brain.
whitehoune/Shutterstock.com

Mental health

New autism research on single neurons suggests signalling problems in brain circuits

28 May 2019

Access to affordable medical treatment can save lives. Shutterstock

Oncology

Cancer drug pricing gets in the way of treatment in developing countries

Vikash Sewram 22 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

Trends

#BizTrends2019: How AI is reshaping pharmaceutical R&D

7 Jan 2019

Nthabiseng Mokoena. Photo: Leonie Bolleurs

HIV/AIDS

UFS researcher one step closer to treating HIV/Aids

7 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

Medical Research

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

Drug Safety Africa 2018

Pharmaceuticals

Drug Safety Africa 2018

Issued by Drug Safety Africa 21 Sep 2018

Medical Research

Anti-ageing drugs are coming - an expert explains

Richard Faragher 12 Sep 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

Pharmaceuticals

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Digital therapeutics will soar in the next five years

Pharmaceuticals

Digital therapeutics will soar in the next five years

30 Apr 2018

Photo: Red Cross Children's Trust

NHI

NHI should focus on the poor

12 Jun 2017

Anele Yawa, general secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign; Francois Venter, deputy executive director of the Wits reproductive health and HIV institute; Qedani Mahlangu, Gauteng MEC for health; Beverley Kramer, assistant dean: research & postgraduate support; Ian Sanne, director of Wit's clinical HIV research unit and Martin Veller, dean of the faculty of Health sciences at Wits.

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Research leads SA's treatment programme

1 Dec 2016

Lifting the veil on drug pricing and trade agreements

Pharmaceuticals

Lifting the veil on drug pricing and trade agreements

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 20 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: Drug R&D key to meet SA's health challenges

Pharmaceuticals

#InnovationMonth: Drug R&D key to meet SA's health challenges

2 Sep 2016

Retail

Next-generation antimalarial treatment

22 Jun 2016

Malaria

Reigniting the malaria fight

20 Jun 2016

Johnson & Johnson's new global public health innovation space in Cape Town

Medical Research

J&J launches public health innovations space for Africa

Nicci Botha 8 Apr 2016

Author provided

Medtech

Microchip that could reduce animal testing has designers excited

Donald Ingber and Dongeun Huh 7 Jul 2015

Medical Research

Yale team finds why BRCA gene resists cancer treatment

Bill Hathaway 3 Jul 2015

Mobile

New appointment to BlackBerry's board of directors

23 Jun 2015

New antimalarial compound could treat malaria in single dose

Malaria

New antimalarial compound could treat malaria in single dose

19 Jun 2015

Industry gets clarity on tax benefits of clinical trials

Taxation & Regulation

Industry gets clarity on tax benefits of clinical trials

Amanda Visser 8 Jun 2015

Hunt to eradicate drug-resistant diseases

Medical Research

Hunt to eradicate drug-resistant diseases

10 Apr 2015

Dementia set to double globally, WISH to stop it

Neurology

Dementia set to double globally, WISH to stop it

18 Feb 2015

Google sets up anti-ageing platform

Internet

Google sets up anti-ageing platform

13 Aug 2014

COHSASA expresses condolences on death of colleague in M17 disaster

HIV/AIDS

COHSASA expresses condolences on death of colleague in M17 disaster

Issued by COHSASA 23 Jul 2014