Across Botswana, patients are growing used to a sentence that lands like a warning. “Ga gona molemo.” Your medication is out of stock. For mothers at clinics, elderly patients and people living with chronic illness, the phrase signals more than inconvenience. It means...
Roche has reported mid-stage results that put its lead obesity candidate closer to the front of a fast-moving race dominated by Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. The Swiss group said its once-weekly injectable Roche CT-388 obesity drug achieved up to 22.5% placebo-adjusted...
Artificial intelligence is still struggling to crack the most complex problem in pharma R&D: reliably designing new molecules that become breakthrough medicines. But drugmakers say AI is already paying off in the “unsexy” middle of development. This is where time...
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi faces urgent questions in Parliament after two companies holding major government contracts to supply HIV medicines entered business rescue. The concern is immediate and practical. Any disruption to antiretroviral (ARV) supply can lead...
A new approach to frontline training is gaining traction in South Africa’s HIV response. It is built around a simple idea. Most clinicians and counsellors may not have time for long online webinars, but they do have phones and use WhatsApp. Prima91 | Adobe...
