South Africa

BMI View: Aspen Pharmacare's increased cooperation in the marketing and production of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)'s drugs is completely in line with BMI's views about the partnership between... 2012-04-24

News: The Medicines Control Council (MCC) in South Africa has been asked to consider the compassionate use of a novel drug - TMC207 - on urgent basis, reports Health-e. Health Minister... 2012-04-20

BMI View: Collaborations with multinational pharmaceutical companies for technological transfers have made local generic drugmakers able to compete for large government tenders. Since... 2012-04-18

BMI View: The new co-promotion deal is likely to be good news for all involved as it will boost Pfizer's presence in Africa, without exposing them to much risk, while Specpharm will... 2012-04-04

BMI View: The government of South Africa has announced that it has finalised a deal with Swiss pharmaceutical company Lonza to build an active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing... 2012-02-17

BMI View: Expanding healthcare services in South Africa present large upside risks for medical device manufacturers as the demand for better-quality healthcare and the expansion of... 2012-01-20

BMI View: Litha Healthcare Group's strategy of rapid acquisitions to diversify its product sales in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and medical devices is well timed to take advantage of... 2011-12-14

BMI View: Post-apartheid South Africa has underinvested in research and development (R&D), which has had a knock-on effect on the country's ability to compete in the field of clinical... 2011-12-01

BMI View: Adcock Ingram's strategy to expand in Sub-Saharan Africa is going to be a big generator of wealth for the company's future, but it has been slow to expand in the region compared... 2011-10-21

BMI View: South Africa's timescale for enacting its National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is practical and achievable, as are their goals of improving governance, administration and... 2011-08-15