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Public Health

The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how

Jonathan E. Cohen 6 hours

Healthcare

Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?

Alistair Farley and Helen Smith 22 Apr 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

Don’t miss The Hospital Show!

Hospital Groups

Don’t miss The Hospital Show!

Issued by COHSASA 20 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

CPHI Middle East: Future of pharma takes centre stage

14 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

MiKO Pharma's new facility promises affordable, high-quality medicine across Africa

26 Sep 2024

Source: Biovac.

Emergency Medicine

Ghanaian minister visits Biovac to explore vaccine capabilities

14 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Wendy Cupido, vice president at the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa) and general manager at Roche South Africa.

Healthcare

Unlocking potential: Why women leaders are essential for advancing global health

8 Aug 2024

Entries open for 2024 Pan African Supply Chain Awards

Supply Chain

Entries open for 2024 Pan African Supply Chain Awards

31 Jul 2024

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

Data & Analytics

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

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema mulls east African plant

10 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Boehringer Ingelheim's new general manager and head of Human Pharma, César Nieto.

Pharmaceuticals

César Nieto appointed Boehringer Ingelheim's Southern Africa head

7 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. A woman walks with her child in the paediatric emergency unit at the Edward Francis Small teaching hospital in Banjul, Gambia, November 4, 2022.

Pharmaceuticals

Gambia families sue Indian drugmaker after cough syrup deaths

3 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Indian labs to give 'top priority' to tests on cough syrup exports - regulator

25 May 2023

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LIA announces 2023 juries for health and pharma competitions

2 May 2023

#Newsmaker: Zetu Damane takes up chief strategy officer role at McCann

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#Newsmaker: Zetu Damane takes up chief strategy officer role at McCann

Karabo Ledwaba 2 Mar 2023

Cape Town-based biotechnology company, Afrigen, appoints new board chair

Medtech

Cape Town-based biotechnology company, Afrigen, appoints new board chair

Issued by Irvine Partners 26 Jan 2023

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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

Source: Shutterstock.

Medtech

Digital platforms can reduce critical medical errors

Dr Yaseen Khan 31 Oct 2022

Image Supplied: Ogilvy print campaign.

Advertising

New York Festivals Global Awards rebrands to NYF Health

24 Aug 2022

Couriers and consumers reap benefits of 'quick commerce' boom

E-commerce

Couriers and consumers reap benefits of 'quick commerce' boom

18 Jul 2022

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

Healthcare

Big pharma called out on sky-high cost of blood-pressure drugs

17 May 2022

Cipla goes green with new product package inserts

Environment & Natural Resources

Cipla goes green with new product package inserts

1 Apr 2022

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Consolidation and acquisitions will become key focus areas for private healthcare into the future

Liza Eustace 15 Mar 2022

Source: 123rf.com

Financial Services

African Development Bank Group approves historic health infrastructure strategy

1 Mar 2022

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Advertising

How the pharmaceutical industry can win audience mindshare

Jennifer Perry & Stephen Troncos 24 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Africa's place in the global cannabis industry

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Africa's place in the global cannabis industry

Sibusiso Xaba 6 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Basa Pharasi, CEO of IPASA

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Pharma - innovating in medicine and boosting the economy

Bada Pharasi 5 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, CEO of the IPASA

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma companies need to build trust with consumers

Bada Pharasi 18 Nov 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency

Pharmaceuticals

Hygenic and safe manufacture of pharmaceuticals

13 Oct 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Covid-19

Pandemic lesson: Africa must rely on itself

23 Sep 2021

Source: ©Leo Wolfert

Insurance & Actuarial

Providing cover for Covid-19 vaccine distribution

8 Sep 2021

Source: ©luiscarceller

Pharmaceuticals

Vaccine inequality makes a case for African pharma opportunities

Julie Oppenheim, Daniel Mwathe & Micael Sehul 28 Jul 2021

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Medical Law

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

Pharmaceuticals

R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

Nevi Letcher, author of Mind Your Own Business

Marketing & Media

Nevi Letcher authors Mind Your Own Business, teaches marketing lessons

Emily Stander 19 May 2021

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Venishree Perumal joins Grey SA

18 May 2021

A market place in Ghana’s capital Accra. Developing countries like Ghana risk being left behind in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Dummy's guide to how trade rules affect access to Covid-19 vaccines

Caroline Southey 11 Jan 2021

Antimicrobial resistance is a real threat.
GettyImages

Pharmaceuticals

East African countries should prioritise their essential medicines for drug registration

Allyson M Pollock, Moses Ocan & Petra Sevcikova 19 Nov 2020

Why testing my DNA was the best thing I ever did

Disease Groups

Why testing my DNA was the best thing I ever did

Jenny Griesel, Issued by Jenny Griesel Communications 13 Nov 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