While health regulator SAHPRA has given pregnant and breastfeeding women the green light to receive the Johnson & Johnson jab, the vaccine's rollout has been further...Weekly Roundup
South Africa’s medicines regulator has confirmed that one of the conditions attached to its approval of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine restricts...South Africa
South Africa has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20m dual-shot COVID-19 vaccine doses, TimesLIVE reports a government official said, boosting plans to start mass...South Africa
South Africa's fumbling vaccine rollout was boosted this week with a commitment of 30m Johnson & Johnson doses with deliveries starting by end April, while hHealth...Weekly Roundup
Chinese coronavirus vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech has offered to supply the government with 5m doses of its CoronaVac shot, which could be provided within weeks,...
February 24th, 2021Four out of five Ivermectin tablets tested in South Africa had at least one unregistered active pharmaceutical ingredient, writes MedicalBrief. This had “significant...
February 24th, 2021Politicians trying to jump to the front of South Africa's vaccination queue explain that it's to counter vaccine hesitancy. Columnist Ivo Vegter describes it's nothing...
A group of 50 doctors will challenge the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) in court over its continued restrictive use of Ivermectin as a prophylactic and...
February 3rd, 2021The elite Hawks and the medical regulator SAHPRA were sent packing after an armed stand-off with the SA National Defence Force police during a raid to confiscate a...
A doctor, two of his patients and AfriForum have launched an urgent application in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) to force authorities to give emergency authorisation...
