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ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

Regulatory

ECMX study says illicit trade is crippling South Africa’s formal economy

7 Sep 2026

Source: Conference Venues South Africa.

Healthcare

Global healthcare leaders to converge in Johannesburg for World Health Expo 2026

2 Jan 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Ethics & Medicolegal

SAHPRA issues warning over illegal marketing and sale of GLP-1s

20 Nov 2025

Pharmaceuticals

African drug supply chain gets smarter with IBM-powered AI platform

14 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

CFAO acquires Opella Healthcare South Africa

2 Oct 2024

Image source: Jakub Jirsak –

IP Law

Guide to IP protection: 8 tips for in-house counsel

Mellisa Morris 23 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Pharmaceuticals

Bayer says to outsource some aspects of pharma business in Africa

Duncan Miriri 31 Jan 2024

Amazon delivery drones: How the sky could be the limit for market dominance

Distribution

Amazon delivery drones: How the sky could be the limit for market dominance

Renaud Foucart 22 Nov 2023

Healthcare

#BRICS2023: India's PM proposes traditional medicine repository

Katja Hamilton 23 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup - sources

Saurabh Sharma, Krishna N. Das; Jennifer Rigby and Olzhas Auyezov 28 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

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

5 Jun 2023

3 top small business trends and opportunities to tap into in 2023

SMEs

3 top small business trends and opportunities to tap into in 2023

Issued by Business Partners Limited 15 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Akram Bouchenaki, chief executive officer of Abdul Latif Jameel Health; Maryam Ziaei, founder and chief executive officer of iSono Health, and Shadi Saberi at Arab Health.

Healthcare

World first | AI-driven 3D breast ultrasounds

3 Feb 2023

Malaria

Medicines for Malaria Venture and Africa CDC sign MoU to support African manufacturers

Natalie Grover 28 Dec 2022

Source: Pixabay.

Covid-19

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

23 Dec 2022

Pharmaceuticals

ADF invests over $6m to develop the pharmaceutical sector in Southern and Eastern Africa

16 Nov 2022

Healthcare

The challenges and possibilities inherent in turning Africa into a research and development hub

Dr Tadesse T Mekonen 17 Oct 2022

Marketing

Influencer marketing is not only about popping champagne bottles

11 Aug 2022

Consumer preference for OTC medication spreads in SA's cough, cold and flu remedies market

Pharmaceuticals

Consumer preference for OTC medication spreads in SA's cough, cold and flu remedies market

Issued by Insight Survey 13 Jun 2022

The state of our rivers is a clear reflection of the health of our environment

Environment & Natural Resources

The state of our rivers is a clear reflection of the health of our environment

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 6 Jun 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Infrastructure & Utilities

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Insurance & Actuarial

Unpacking products inefficacy insurance

Garth Rowe 15 Mar 2022

Financial Services

Smart finance for Kenyan MSMEs

20 Dec 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Competition Block Exemptions for the Security of Supply of Essential Goods

Competition Law

Competition Block Exemptions for the Security of Supply of Essential Goods

Robert Wilson, Andriza Liebenberg and Elisha Bhugwandeen 19 Jul 2021

Protesters gather in Cambridge to demand that AstraZeneca shares blueprints for its Covid-19 vaccine. Luciana Guerra/PA Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Trips waiver: US support is a major step but no guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine equity

Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer & Sophie Harman 13 May 2021

Health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Public Health

Pandemic highlights health inequalities

8 Apr 2021

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

Covid-19

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

7 Apr 2021

Technology, intra-continental trade key to effective Covid-19 vaccination rollout

Logistics & Transport

Technology, intra-continental trade key to effective Covid-19 vaccination rollout

Praba Moonsamy 17 Mar 2021

Aviation

Distributing Covid-19 vaccines - how the aviation industry prepared for its biggest logistical challenge yet

10 Mar 2021

Connected, automated temperature monitoring - a proactive approach for an unbroken cold chain

Supply Chain

Connected, automated temperature monitoring - a proactive approach for an unbroken cold chain

Eckart Zollner 21 Jan 2021

Pharmaceuticals

Technology improves Good Pharmacy Practice

14 Oct 2020

Drugs can be returned due to defects, damages or expiration. Shutterstock

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies must handle returned drugs better

Mpho Sharon Makaleng 1 Oct 2020

Dr Janet Byaruhanga

Pharmaceuticals

Why can't Africa manufacture the medicines it needs?

Janet Byaruhanga 28 Sep 2020

Africa’s dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19. Getty Images

Economy

How a post-Covid-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area

Faizel Ismail 27 May 2020

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

Health & Social Welfare

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

Sindy Peters 11 May 2020

Navigating the grey market is not a black-and-white issue

Regulatory

Navigating the grey market is not a black-and-white issue

Kay Rickelman 3 Apr 2020

Drugs security is a serious issue in Nigeria as Covid-19 rages Pius Utomi Ekpe/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Nigeria relies heavily on drug imports. Why this is worrying in the time of Covid-19

Wuraola Akande-Sholabi 1 Apr 2020

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

Pharmaceuticals

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

Rebecca Hodes 12 Feb 2020