South Africa

South Africa's New Clicks has acquired a 60% stake in courier pharmacy chain Direct Medicines for ZAR13.2mn (US$1.7mn). As part of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval,... 2008-08-15

Demonstrating South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare's strategy of expansion in sub-Saharan Africa, the company has acquired a 60% stake in Tanzania's Shelys Pharmaceuticals from... 2008-08-12

South Africa has published a draft national policy on African Traditional Medicine (ATM) with the aim of 'institutionalising' ATM in the country's healthcare system. The move is in... 2008-08-06

US-based Emergent Biosolutions has announced a joint venture with the University of Oxford for the development of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine. The Oxford-Emergent Tuberculosis Consortium... 2008-07-29

The UK's GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has entered into an agreement with South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare, which it hopes will accelerate its sales in emerging markets. BMI believes that... 2008-07-24

According to South Africa's Business Day, Discovery Health saved ZAR181mn (US$24mn) a year by cutting unnecessary hospital admissions. The firm saved ZAR434mn (US$57.37mn) by negotiating... 2008-07-23

IRIN quoted Dr Clarence Mini of Africa Health Placements stating that South Africa's state hospitals are facing a shortage of more than 4,000 doctors.

Namibia is to follow South Africa's lead by rescheduling a number of medicines containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and d-norpseudoephedrine as prescription-only drugs. The new schedule... 2008-07-10

South Africa's Department of Health has announced the awarding of contracts worth ZAR3.62bn (US$468.1mn) for its two-year HIV/AIDS tender, which will begin retrospectively from June... 2008-07-09

Indian generics firm Zydus Cadila has announced that it is to acquire 70% of South Africa's Simayla Pharmaceuticals, as part of its drive to penetrate southern Africa's generics markets.... 2008-06-10