Zimbabwe

Swiss drugmaker Roche has expanded its Technology Transfer Initiative for the production of generic versions of the company's patented second line antiretroviral (ARV) Invirase (saquinavir)... 2008-01-17

The World Health Organization (WHO) began the new year by issuing a warning to Southern Africa: unusual weather conditions could lead to a spike in climate-sensitive diseases in the... 2008-01-08

Local pharmaceutical industry representatives have appealed to the Zimbabwe government to give greater support for their attempts to obtain foreign currency. According to chairperson... 2007-10-08

Swiss drugmaker Roche has announced two technology transfer agreements with African firms, which will help the local manufacture of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. Zimbabwe's Varichem... 2007-06-01

President George Bush has announced that he is to double the amount of money the US spends combating HIV/AIDS around the globe to US$30bn. If Congress approves the plan it will bring... 2007-05-31

Zimbabwe's government has agreed to treble the amount of HIV/AIDS patients receiving ARVs from 50,000 to 160,000. In what could prove a positive move for the local pharmaceutical... 2007-01-05

A new United Nations Report on the state of public health in Africa has hailed successes in recent years. However, in light of dire statistics on the spread of potentially fatal diseases,... 2006-11-21

Zimbabwe has announced an increase in the cost of healthcare at public hospitals as the country's economic crisis deepens. Fees in public hospitals have risen to ZWD1mn (US$10) from... 2006-06-15

Zimbabwe claims that its chronic shortages of drug supplies are being caused by economic sanctions and that thousands of lives in the country are being endangered as a result. Dr... 2006-03-15

HIV/AIDS patients in Zimbabwe are to benefit from a new ARVs manufacturing facility. CAPS Holdings' unit is now the country's second local ARV producer, and the move is expected to... 2006-02-13