| 3 Sep 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
The National Skills Fund (NSF) has allocated close to R25m to the Higher Education HIV/Aids Programme (HEAIDS) to skill academic staff at public universities and FETs to integrate and address HIV and Aids issues in curricula. Read more >>
 | Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) supplementation may improve survival and lower cardiovascular mortality rates in patients with chronic heart failure. Read more >> |
The South African public is starting to embrace the use of generic medicines, a trend that the Department of Health is hoping will continue. The generic medicines industry in South Africa provides cost-effective treatment for a wide range of health conditions, hence the theme for National Pharmacy Week, running from 1 - 8 September 2013, is 'Understanding generic medicines'. Read more >>
Sandoz, the generic pharmaceuticals division of Novartis, has launched the first-to-market generic medicine for the treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Read more >>
Health insurance group Discovery has declared a gross cash dividend of 421.50685c per preference share (358.28082 cents net of dividend withholding tax) for the period January to June. Read more >>
Discovery advised on Wednesday (28 August) that it expected headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year to June to be up to 10% lower than those of the previous year. It said this was after accounting for the recapture of reinsurance and an increase in the fair value of puttable non-controlling interest financial liability. Read more >>
 | Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100% of high-grade meningiomas - the most common form of brain tumor - suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy. Read more >> |
 | [Amanda Visser] The Competition Tribunal has requested further analysis of the transaction between SA's biggest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Aspen, and Swiss food giant Nestlé, following some concerns that the transaction does not address the competition authority's reservations about the initial deal between Nestlé and Pfizer Nutrition. Read more >> |
 | [Andile Makholwa] The South African Medical Association (Sama) has formally established a trade union within itself for health personnel, in a move that takes the fight for better salaries and conditions of service for doctors to a new level. Read more >> |
 | [Schalk Mouton] Alcohol abuse is one of the biggest killers of South Africans, causing 7% of all deaths and disabilities in a year. Read more >> |
 | Former President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment for the past two months. Read more >> |
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