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HIV/AIDS

“Game-changing” HIV prevention drug reshapes employee benefits

Naseema Ephraim 2 days

The Merck Research Laboratories in South San Francisco, California. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Generic Medicines

Aspen gets Merck licensing agreement for experimental HIV pill

Christy Santhosh 24 Jul 2026

A health worker is dressed up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Centre as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Infectious Diseases

CEPI's $60m speeds up race to develop Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine

Jennifer Rigby, Mariam Sunny and Julie Steenhuysen 2 Jun 2026

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Insurance & Actuarial

Global conflicts reshape insurance risks for South Africa

Sandra Sithole and Raynold Tlhavani 17 Mar 2026

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IP Law

Prior art: European ruling G1/23 and the impact on patent landscapes in SA

Amy Anderson and Dirk Hanekom 27 Jan 2026

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma giants push back against Trump's planned tariff rollout

2 Apr 2025

Medical Research

MARS Awards: South African researcher wins first place

Katja Hamilton 9 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

Media

100 Most Influential African Women 2023 announced

22 Dec 2023

Source © Business Wire India The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition More Than a Mother Awards 2022 and Diabetes and Hypertension Awards 2022 winners were announced via via videoconference.

Media

The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards 2022 winners

28 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Public Health

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

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Public Health

Ebola vaccine candidates arrive in Uganda for trials

8 Dec 2022

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Emergency Medicine

Merck to donate Ebola vaccine candidate for research programme in Uganda

Leroy Leo 25 Oct 2022

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

Healthcare

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

22 Apr 2022

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Covid-19

SA allows use of Merck Covid pill but government not buying

18 Feb 2022

Branding

Over 400 companies have withdrawn from Russia - but some remain

23 Mar 2022

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Covid-19

First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Medical training scholarships open for application

4 Nov 2021

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Covid-19

First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

D&AD Awards

#D&AD21: D&AD awards 3 Black Pencils, 231 Culture, Design and Impact winners

27 May 2021

How an optimised vaccination programme can help improve farmer outputs

Agribusiness

How an optimised vaccination programme can help improve farmer outputs

18 Feb 2021

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

Covid-19

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

HIV/AIDS

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

1 Dec 2020

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Pharmaceuticals

The interplay of drug design and patents

Bernard Dippenaar 13 Nov 2020

APO Group African Women in Media Award 2020 jury announced

Media

APO Group African Women in Media Award 2020 jury announced

5 Nov 2020

New biosecurity initiative to pay dividends to cattle farmers

Sustainable Farming

New biosecurity initiative to pay dividends to cattle farmers

22 Oct 2020

The first lady of Nigeria, Dr Aisha Muhammadu Buhari and the first lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Images source: Facebook.

Media

Merck Foundation Media Awards announces winners of "Stay at Home" Media Awards

20 Oct 2020

Dr Priya Agrawal, managing director, MSD, South Africa & sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS

MSD signs voluntary licensing agreements for HIV drug

5 Oct 2020

6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020

Retailers

6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020

Eben Esterhuizen 18 Nov 2019

King James Group, Atmosphere ranked 17th at 2019 Global Sabre Awards

PR & Communications

King James Group, Atmosphere ranked 17th at 2019 Global Sabre Awards

25 Oct 2019

SMEs are the weakest link in supply chain cybersecurity

Supply Chain

SMEs are the weakest link in supply chain cybersecurity

7 Oct 2019

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Public Health

Ebola one year on: the wins, the setbacks, and the way forward

Shirin Ashraf & Emma Thomson 30 Sep 2019

Merck, BioRescue Project collaborate to save Northern White Rhino

Environment & Natural Resources

Merck, BioRescue Project collaborate to save Northern White Rhino

12 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Infectious Diseases

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

Poet, performer, singer, actress and presenter, Lebo Mashile was the MC for the evening. Image supplied.

Marketing

Winners announced for Marketing Achievement Awards

28 Jun 2019

The employee experience is broken, but IT can fix it

ICT

The employee experience is broken, but IT can fix it

20 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Entertainment Grands Prix winners: Top row is Final Cut and Droga5 New York's New York Times journalism's Resolve (Myanmar), Rigor (Taxes), Courage (Mexican Spyware), Perseverance (Immigration) and Fearlessness (Isis) campaign. Bottom left is Digital Craft Grand Prix winner Virtue's work for Carlings' Digital Collection, 'Address the Future'. Bottom right is Industry Craft Grand Prix work for Momentum New York and Canada's Nike 'Just Do It: HQ at the Church'.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Craft winners!

18 Jun 2019

The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

Seedstars World returns to Africa

Tech Startups

Seedstars World returns to Africa

10 Jun 2019

Marketing Achievement Awards finalists announced

Marketing

Marketing Achievement Awards finalists announced

Issued by Marketing Achievement Awards 20 May 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Medical Research

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Seedstars Summit 2019 set for Switzerland in April

Tech Startups

Seedstars Summit 2019 set for Switzerland in April

25 Feb 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with first lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo. Image supplied by APO.

Film & Cinematography

Merck Foundation launches "Merck More Than a Mother" Film Awards

1 Feb 2019

Infectious Diseases

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Just who is Chuma Niklaas? Disruptor or menace?

Higher Education

Just who is Chuma Niklaas? Disruptor or menace?

Chuma Niklaas, Issued by Afda 19 Oct 2018