In 2014, ViiV Healthcare, a pharmaceutical company dedicated to ending the HIV epidemic, and the Medicines Patent Pool, an organisation funded primarily by Unitaid to...South Africa
The Biovac Institute , a SA public-private partnership, will start local production of Sanofi’s Hexavalent vaccine in 2020 and Pfizer’s anti-pneumonia Prevnar 13...Medico-Legal
Law enforcement authorities from dozens of states in the US have filed a federal complaint accusing 20 pharmaceutical companies – including Teva, Sandoz and Pfizer –...Weekly Roundup
A national shortage of the bimonthly injectable contraceptive Nur-Isterate is now entering its second year. According to Bhekisisa, it first received reports about...Weekly Roundup
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has approved a biosimilar to Roche Holding AG’s blockbuster breast cancer treatment, Herceptin.
Reuters...Oncology
Combining the newly developed drug palbociclib with hormone therapy substantially extends the lives of women with advanced breast cancer. The study was presented at the...Weekly Roundup
Children in the UK with severe allergies who need to carry life-saving medication are being forced to rely on out-of-date EpiPens due to a global shortage of the...Weekly Roundup
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that a serious genital infection has been reported in patients taking a certain class of diabetes drugs, with one...International
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of EpiPen, providing new competition that could help drive down the cost of a lifesaving...South Africa
State clinics and healthcare facilities around South Africa continue to experience a shortage of injectable contraceptives, despite the Health Department claiming it had...
