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#BreatheEasierSA with RespiClear Decongestant range. Now in Dis-Chem stores nationwide

#BreatheEasierSA with RespiClear Decongestant range. Now in Dis-Chem stores nationwide

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Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

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Dis-Chem rolls out DeliverD 60-minute delivery service

Dis-Chem rolls out DeliverD 60-minute delivery service

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Questions raised on FDA's approval of Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm

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Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

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Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

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World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as he attends the World Health Assembly (WHA) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2021. Christopher Black/World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

WHO setting up hub to make Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa - Tedros

22 Jun 2021

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Studies show good response to J&J jab

18 Jun 2021

South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

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

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#YouthMatters: Meet the bright mind behind medicine delivery app PharmaGo

#YouthMatters: Meet the bright mind behind medicine delivery app PharmaGo

Lauren Hartzenberg 4 Jun 2021

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

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

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Rand Pharmaceuticals on their way to rapid growth

Rand Pharmaceuticals on their way to rapid growth

Edge Growth 27 May 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

Nevi Letcher, author of Mind Your Own Business

Nevi Letcher authors Mind Your Own Business, teaches marketing lessons

Emily Stander 19 May 2021

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Clicks confirms 47 vaccination sites, 520 more pending approval

17 May 2021

Applications open for Shoprite Retail Business Management and Pharmacy bursaries

Applications open for Shoprite Retail Business Management and Pharmacy bursaries

17 May 2021

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

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

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Clicks to buy Pick n Pay pharmacies

10 May 2021

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

7 May 2021

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

6 May 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

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Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

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Can CBD help treat symptoms of anxiety?

Can CBD help treat symptoms of anxiety?

Adco CBD 30 Mar 2021

Uber offers 1 million rides to teachers across the world

Uber offers 1 million rides to teachers across the world

Jenna Delport 18 Mar 2021

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

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

Praba Moonsamy 17 Mar 2021

Are tailored supplements best suited to meet SA's market needs?

Are tailored supplements best suited to meet SA's market needs?

Insight Survey 17 Mar 2021

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

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Understanding different forms of CBD for health and wellness

Understanding different forms of CBD for health and wellness

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Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

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#BreatheEasierSA with RespiClear Decongestant range. Now in Dis-Chem stores nationwide

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ACDOCO SA 9 Jul 2021

Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

Generics and biosimilars - champion cost-savers in the healthcare industry

Bonitas 6 Jul 2021

Dis-Chem rolls out DeliverD 60-minute delivery service

Dis-Chem rolls out DeliverD 60-minute delivery service

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Source: Twitter

Questions raised on FDA's approval of Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm

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Source: ©Esben Hansen

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution

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23 Jun 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as he attends the World Health Assembly (WHA) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2021. Christopher Black/World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

WHO setting up hub to make Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa - Tedros

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Professor Glenda Gray. Image supplied

Studies show good response to J&J jab

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South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

South Africa should train all pharmacists to give vaccinations

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#YouthMatters: Meet the bright mind behind medicine delivery app PharmaGo

#YouthMatters: Meet the bright mind behind medicine delivery app PharmaGo

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

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

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Rand Pharmaceuticals on their way to rapid growth

Rand Pharmaceuticals on their way to rapid growth

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R17m boost for indigenous medicine research

20 May 2021

Nevi Letcher, author of Mind Your Own Business

Nevi Letcher authors Mind Your Own Business, teaches marketing lessons

Emily Stander 19 May 2021

Credit: Nataliya via Pexels

Clicks confirms 47 vaccination sites, 520 more pending approval

17 May 2021

Applications open for Shoprite Retail Business Management and Pharmacy bursaries

Applications open for Shoprite Retail Business Management and Pharmacy bursaries

17 May 2021

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

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

Image credit: Clicks

Clicks to buy Pick n Pay pharmacies

10 May 2021

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

7 May 2021

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

US supports waiver of Covid-19 vaccine IP restrictions

6 May 2021

Hospital staff in Lagos, Nigeria, administer the AstraZeneca vaccine. AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

How to get Covid-19 vaccines to poor countries - and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

7 Apr 2021

Can CBD help treat symptoms of anxiety?

Can CBD help treat symptoms of anxiety?

Adco CBD 30 Mar 2021

Uber offers 1 million rides to teachers across the world

Uber offers 1 million rides to teachers across the world

Jenna Delport 18 Mar 2021

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

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

Praba Moonsamy 17 Mar 2021

Are tailored supplements best suited to meet SA's market needs?

Are tailored supplements best suited to meet SA's market needs?

Insight Survey 17 Mar 2021

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

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Understanding different forms of CBD for health and wellness

Understanding different forms of CBD for health and wellness

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Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

Morocco set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

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South Africa's Dis-Chem sales rise on preventative healthcare demand

South Africa's Dis-Chem sales rise on preventative healthcare demand

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South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

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

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

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Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

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Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021

Distell and Invenfin buy 40% stake in cannabis wellness brand Rethink

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A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

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Medicines are only approved for use by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority when there is sufficient evidence that their benefits outweigh their risks.

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