Tag: medicine
South Africa’s potential in the cannabis global industry
The Cannabis Expo that took place in Johannesburg from 18-21 November 2021, was regarded as an ideal platform for education, networking and introducing innovative products and businesses to the cannabis industry...
R18m donation boosts African-centric medicine research
An R18m donation from an alumnus will go towards research into African-centric medicines for infectious diseases at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Drug Discovery and Development Centre, H3D.
The donation will...
Drone delivery takes medicine to new heights
The delivery of life saving blood has been taken to new heights by the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) with the launch a new drone blood delivery service.
Launched in May,...
SA’s biggest medicine company is in meltdown
The company has lost more than a third of its value, or nearly R100 per share, since it released its results.
Aspen Pharmacare’s shares slid another 8% on Wednesday even as the...
Africa’s plan to deal with bogus medicines
Last July, Ugandan officials seized fake versions of the cancer drug Avastin on sale in Kampala, revealing only the tip of an iceberg of bogus medicines found all too often in...
Generic medicine hits an all-time-high in SA
Based on the recently released Mediscor Medicines Review, generic use has hit a record high of 60% compared to a low 35% just over a decade ago.
Erik Roos, CEO...
Anti-competitive practice of pseudo-generics continue to drive up SA medicine prices
South African consumers continue to pay more for medication long past the expiry of a patent, as a result of the increasing occurrence of pseudo-generics in the South African pharma marketplace.
This...
South Africa grows share of global nuclear medicine market
The global nuclear medicine market, which includes radioisotopes and medical equipment, was valued at over US$11-billion in 2016, and is now projected to reach nearly US$20-billion by 2021.
Nuclear medicine uses tiny amounts of radioactive isotopes...
Mimic Components essential medical vaccination data logging range
The LascarEL-Vaccination range of data loggers is an inexpensive series of USB and Wi-Fi-enabled sensors.
“This allows for discrete and continuous temperature monitoring of vaccines,” says Edwin Wakefield, MD of...
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Two SAB plants get R5.8 billion upgrades
The R5.8 billion investment commitment made by South African Breweries (SAB) has been utilised to increase capacity at two of its plants.
The company said...
