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

ICT

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

Healthcare

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.

Healthcare

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.

Healthcare

Gambia families sue Indian drugmaker after cough syrup deaths

3 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

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

25 May 2023

Marketing & Media

LIA announces 2023 juries for health and pharma competitions

2 May 2023

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

Marketing & Media

#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

Healthcare

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

Issued by Irvine Partners 26 Jan 2023

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Healthcare

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

23 Dec 2022

Healthcare

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

16 Nov 2022

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Healthcare

Digital platforms can reduce critical medical errors

Dr Yaseen Khan 31 Oct 2022

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Marketing & Media

New York Festivals Global Awards rebrands to NYF Health

24 Aug 2022

Couriers and consumers reap benefits of 'quick commerce' boom

Retail

Couriers and consumers reap benefits of 'quick commerce' boom

18 Jul 2022

Premium labels for pharmaceutical products

Healthcare

Premium labels for pharmaceutical products

Issued by Pyrotec 2 Jun 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

ESG & Sustainability

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

ESG & Sustainability

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

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Healthcare

African Development Bank Group approves historic health infrastructure strategy

1 Mar 2022

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Marketing & Media

How the pharmaceutical industry can win audience mindshare

Jennifer Perry & Stephen Troncos 24 Jan 2022

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

Agriculture

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

Sibusiso Xaba 6 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Basa Pharasi, CEO of IPASA

Healthcare

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

Bada Pharasi 5 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, CEO of the IPASA

Healthcare

Pharma companies need to build trust with consumers

Bada Pharasi 18 Nov 2021

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Healthcare

Hygenic and safe manufacture of pharmaceuticals

13 Oct 2021

Source: ©Matthias Ziegler

Healthcare

Pandemic lesson: Africa must rely on itself

23 Sep 2021

Source: ©Leo Wolfert

Finance

Providing cover for Covid-19 vaccine distribution

8 Sep 2021

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Healthcare

Vaccine inequality makes a case for African pharma opportunities

Julie Oppenheim, Daniel Mwathe & Micael Sehul 28 Jul 2021

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

Healthcare

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

Issued by Bonitas 6 Jul 2021

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

Legal

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

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

Professor Motlalepula Matsabisa,

Healthcare

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

Marketing & Media

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

Healthcare

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

Healthcare

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

Healthcare

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

Healthcare

Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies must handle returned drugs better

Mpho Sharon Makaleng 1 Oct 2020

Dr Janet Byaruhanga

Healthcare

Why can't Africa manufacture the medicines it needs?

Janet Byaruhanga 28 Sep 2020

Healthcare

Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

ESG & Sustainability

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020

Blockchain and the pharmaceutical supply chain

Retail

Blockchain and the pharmaceutical supply chain

Issued by Pyrotec 4 May 2020

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

Healthcare

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

Wuraola Akande-Sholabi 1 Apr 2020

South African biotech company provides surface disinfection against Covid-19

Retail

South African biotech company provides surface disinfection against Covid-19

Issued by The Lime Envelope 1 Apr 2020

The government must harness analytical technologies developed by pharmaceutical scientists in Nigeria Sebastian Condrea/GettyImages

Healthcare

What I've learnt about drug testing in Nigeria over the last 20 years

Sunday Olakunle Idowu 18 Feb 2020

Healthcare

A history of how sedatives took hold in white South Africa

Julie Parle 7 Feb 2020