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...
The provincial health department’s failure to spend its budget has once again placed Gauteng’s health system under the spotlight. This comes even as hospitals deteriorate and frontline gaps widen. The Gauteng health department projects an underspend of R725 million...
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has backed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s call to cool tensions around National Health Insurance (NHI). In fact, Busa seeks an NHI Meeting to ensure there is structured engagement with the Presidency in the first quarter of...
Dis-Chem has defended its health insurance partnership with Centriq and Kaelo after a ruling by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). The pharmacy retailer says the decision clarifies the process. It argues it is not a warning shot against retail-led healthcare...
The National Department of Health has moved to reassure stakeholders about antiretroviral (ARV) shortages after reports that two suppliers in the current ARV tender have entered business rescue. Department spokesperson Foster Mohale said the country is not facing a...
South Africa’s doctor employment bottleneck is back in the spotlight. The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) says 1,260 doctors who have completed community service remain unemployed. It also indicates approximately 1,100 vacant medical officer...
