SAHPRA offices will be closed for the festive season from 12:00 on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 and will re-open on Monday, 06 January 2025. Please note: Dates, placed within brackets for various email addresses, will guide stakeholders to the timeframes that emails will be processed. Dates, placed within...
Pretoria, 21 November 2024 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is aware of a quality issue in a batch of YAZ Plus contraceptives (Batch No. WEW96J distributed on 09 and 24 November 2023) which has resulted in the incorrect arrangement of tablets...
Pretoria, 07 November 2024 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) encourages members of the public to always report any suspected side effects they may experience from taking medicines, vaccines and/or using medical devices, to help make medicines safer for everyone. While humanity...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has published four (4) Expression of Interests (EOIs) since 2023, and these have all been closed. Updates on EOIs: Ref: SAHPRA69092024 - Pharmaceutical Evaluations Management EOI closed on Friday, 26 April 2024. Appointments were made. Ref: SAHPRA20862023 - The EOI...
Pretoria, 16 September 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is proud to announce that it has received its first clean audit outcome from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2023/2024 financial year, following on a record of consistent unqualified audit...
Pretoria, 22 July 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is disappointed with the unfounded fallacies and misrepresentation in circulation and churned out by some media organisations without verification, in what presents as a misinformation campaign devoid of any intent to rely on...
The South African Association of Pharmacists in Industry (SAAPI) held its 2024 conference at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) International Convention Centre on 5-7 June 2024 under the theme “Engage and empower: Pushing the frontiers of the Pharma Industry”. South African Health Products...
Pretoria, 29 May 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has attained its ISO 9001:2015 certification following a rigorous audit by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), a milestone that serves as a testament to the implementation of an effective and robust...
Pretoria, 13 April 2024 – On 10 April 2024, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) received a report from the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) regarding the detection of high levels of diethylene glycol in a batch...
Kigali - Rwanda, 12 April 2024 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rwanda Food and Drug Authority (Rwanda FDA). The MOU between SAHPRA and Rwanda FDA will allow the regulators to develop a cooperative...
