Africa’s Renewed Hope for Drug Discovery and Health Innovation
Kelly Chibale, founder of the H3D Centre at the University of Cape Town and chairman & CEO of the H3D Foundation, outlines the rationale behind the establishment of these institutions,…
The Middle East and Africa, combined, represent the world’s fifth largest regional pharma market. According to IQVIA’s recent figures, most of the largest markets grew, although slowly due to COVID lockdowns, with Saudi Arabia in the top position. Multinational companies…
Kelly Chibale, founder of the H3D Centre at the University of Cape Town and chairman & CEO of the H3D Foundation, outlines the rationale behind the establishment of these institutions,…
The latest pharmaceutical industry and healthcare news from the Middle East and Africa (MEA), including Eva Pharma’s rheumatoid arthritis deal with Eli Lilly; Avalon Pharmaceuticals’ global expansion ambitions; the agreement…
The latest from South African pharma, including President Ramaphosa’s blunt criticism of Big Pharma, Aspen’s reception of USD 700 million in international financial aid, Adcock Ingram’s disappointing results as fewer…
A leading voice in the global fight against HIV, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker works across both scientific research and activism. As CEO and founder of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Prof Bekker has helped change the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Her organisation has brought the latest HIV treatments and prevention – often through novel means and against…
Abbvie GM for South Africa Christo Kruger highlights the various types of projects that the Public Health Enhancement Fund (PHEF) is pursuing to help alleviate the country’s currently overburdened healthcare…
The managing director of MC Pharma Group, Henk Krebs illustrates how MC Pharma’s new operating structure enables the group to better service its clients, and also highlights the role of…
With Africa struggling to vaccinate its populations against COVID-19, the World Bank – along with government institutions from the USA, Germany, and France – has intervened to loan South African…
Some of the top pharma news coming out of South Africa including Afrigen’s partnership with US National Institutes of Health (NIH), BioNTech’s efforts to bring an mRNA start-to-finish vaccine manufacturing network…
Roughly half of Africa’s 1.1 billion people lack regular access to even the most essential medicines and most of Sub-Saharan Africa depends on imports which make up as much as…
Diabetes is surging in Africa. But, in a continent where healthcare systems are set up to support treatments for infectious – not non-communicable – diseases, can pharma companies step up…
Dr Benji Pretorius, the founder of Erada Technology Alliance and a malaria survivor himself, shares his insights into why the development of a truly effective malaria vaccine will only succeed…
A roundup of the latest news from South African pharma, including Aspen’s impressive annual growth, Adcock Ingram’s full year profit drop, and Entos Pharma’s approval for Phase II clinical rials…
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