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Trends

Digital-led empathy: 5 healthcare trends to look out for in 2026

12 Nov 2025

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HIV/AIDS

New hope for HIV prevention in South Africa with lenacapavir approval

27 Oct 2025

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HIV/AIDS

South Africa to roll out revolutionary HIV medication in 2026

15 Oct 2025

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Pharmaceuticals

Global shockwave: The impact of US tariffs on pharmaceutical trade

2 Oct 2025

Addressing barriers to accessing innovative medicines in South Africa - A critical moment amid funding cuts

Advertising

Addressing barriers to accessing innovative medicines in South Africa - A critical moment amid funding cuts

Matimba Ngobeni 22 Aug 2025

CFAO Healthcare South Africa offers a distribution model designed for a new era of pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals

CFAO Healthcare South Africa offers a distribution model designed for a new era of pharmaceuticals

Philippe Franiatte, Issued by Stone 20 Aug 2025

Loyalty programmes aren’t fit for purpose: here’s how to fix them

Sales

Loyalty programmes aren’t fit for purpose: here’s how to fix them

Alex de Bruyn 23 Jul 2025

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Paediatrics

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Jul 2025

Medshield is committed to building a sustainable healthcare future

Medical Aid

Medshield is committed to building a sustainable healthcare future

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 27 Jun 2025

Motsoaledi hails historic Pandemic Pact at G20 Health Summit

Infectious Diseases

Motsoaledi hails historic Pandemic Pact at G20 Health Summit

12 Jun 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Trump signs executive order to slash US drug prices by up to 80%

14 May 2025

Healthcare

Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?

Alistair Farley and Helen Smith 22 Apr 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma giants push back against Trump's planned tariff rollout

2 Apr 2025

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Trends

#BizTrends2025: What does IP law look like in 2025 and beyond?

Alicia van der Walt, Tshireletso Tlholoe, and Marcelle Samons 28 Jan 2025

Pharma’s opportunities to improve access to medicines in LMICs highlight key areas for action

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma’s opportunities to improve access to medicines in LMICs highlight key areas for action

Issued by Access to Medicine Foundation 20 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

African drug supply chain gets smarter with IBM-powered AI platform

14 Nov 2024

Public Health

Rwanda to start vaccine trials for Marburg disease in a few weeks

Philbert Girinema 4 Oct 2024

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Ethics & Medicolegal

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Issued by Bassani Medical 2 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied.

Pharmaceuticals

Tahaluf launches CPHI Middle East as region’s premier pharma event

25 Sep 2024

Pharma’s reach for underserved patients

Public Health

Pharma’s reach for underserved patients

Issued by Access to Medicine Foundation 16 Sep 2024

Introducing Pharma TV: Revolutionising retail media in independent pharmacies

OOH

Introducing Pharma TV: Revolutionising retail media in independent pharmacies

Issued by Provantage 3 Sep 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

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Healthcare

4 ways Medic East Africa is turning the tide on regional health challenges

12 Jul 2024

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Medical Research

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Issued by Stellenbosch University 21 May 2024

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Healthcare

To tackle poverty, Africa needs welfarist policies and people-centred development - Adesina

4 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied. Sheraan Amod, founder and chief executive officer of RecoMed.

Medtech

Japanese pharma Eisai invests in RecoMed

6 Mar 2024

Source: © 123rf Ahmed El Hofy, general manager SA, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, examines how we navigate our work and personal spaces

Employee Wellness

#MentalHealth: How to navigate work and personal spaces

Ahmed El Hofy 24 Oct 2023

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Covid-19

Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

Katja Hamilton 6 Oct 2023

Covid-19

Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

Katja Hamilton 5 Sep 2023

Covid-19

SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

Katja Hamilton 1 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

Pharmaceuticals

Aspen signs drug making deals to utilise idle capacity

Promit Mukherjee 31 Aug 2023

Covid-19

South African High Court orders release of secret vaccine contracts

Katja Hamilton 21 Aug 2023

Medtech

Sanofi fully embraces AI and data science for patient breakthroughs

20 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Andrew Miller, is the national treasurer at the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa.

Medical Research

Genetic medicine divide: Why SA lags behind the rest of the world

Andrew Miller 30 May 2023

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Licensing of anti-HIV jab ignites hope for millions in Africa

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

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

25 May 2023

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Technology

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Mikey Biddlestone, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden 26 Apr 2023

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Marketing

Marketers, we love what you're doing... now you can #DoMore on Biz

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 21 Feb 2023

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Pharmaceuticals

Carbogen Amcis scales its production by opening facility in France

14 Feb 2023

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Covid-19

African Development Bank unveils the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation

23 Dec 2022

HIV/AIDS

HIV prevention: new injection could boost the fight, but some hurdles remain

Jessica Haberer 28 Nov 2022

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Medtech

Digital platforms can reduce critical medical errors

Dr Yaseen Khan 31 Oct 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Advocating for medication safety

Bada Pharasi 16 Sep 2022

#WomensMonth: Distell's Kushilla Thomas feeds her passions for Africa, brands and people

Retail Marketing

#WomensMonth: Distell's Kushilla Thomas feeds her passions for Africa, brands and people

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Aug 2022

Nursing

Nursing shortage - government holds the trump card!

Teresa Basson 27 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

Retail's role in advancing PMI's smoke-free strategy

Retailers

Retail's role in advancing PMI's smoke-free strategy

Lauren Hartzenberg 6 Jul 2022