Pretoria, 21 November 2022 – As a rebellious teenager growing up in the British town of Harpenden, Helen Rees would sneak out to attend anti-apartheid talks. “That was the stop-the-Boks tour,” she recalls. “[British politician] Peter Hain was an activist trying to stop the Springboks...
Pretoria, 4 November 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) received an accolade from the National Press Club (NPC) on 3 November 2022 at a gala dinner event. “As was the case for many other organisations, the COVID-19 pandemic restricted the National Press...
Pretoria, 4 November 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) takes note of the alleged procurement of hospital consumables and medical devices in breach of the Medicines and Related Substances Act (Act 101 of 1965, as amended). SAHPRA is currently investigating the matter....
Gqerberha, 21 October 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), as part of its awareness campaign targeting tertiary institutions, visited the Eastern Cape’s Nelson Mandela University (NMU) on Friday, the 21st of October. Human Resources (HR) and the Office of the Chief...
Pretoria, 10 October 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted representatives from Germany’s Paul Ehrlich Institut’s (PEI) BloodTrain programme to discuss activities in strengthening blood and blood product regulations in Africa. SAHPRA enters this collaboration after participating in the PEI and African...
Pretoria, 10 October 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), like other regulators globally, has been alerted to dubious health products being traded by an Indian company, Maiden Pharmaceuticals. The products as they appear on the World Health Organisation (WHO) product list (Medical...
Pretoria, 07 October 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) as part of the African Union’s Smart Safety Surveillance (AU-3S) programme. African Union’s Smart Safety Surveillance (AU-3S) programme is aimed at strengthening the safety surveillance of...
Pretoria, 06 October 2022 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), as part of its awareness campaign targeting tertiary institutions, visited the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on Thursday, the 6th of October. Human Resources (HR) and the Inspectorate and Regulatory Compliance unit...
Pretoria, 5 October 2022 - The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has recently been ranked by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at a functional level of maturity (Level 3) according to WHO’s global classification system for national medical products regulatory authorities. This means...
UPDATE ON COVID-19 HEALTH PRODUCTS: SAHPRA registers the Covovax COVID-19 vaccine from Cipla (Pty) Ltd and additional indication of use of COVID-19 vaccine MC Pharma from MC Pharma (Pty) Ltd in the age group 3 -17 years. Pretoria, 28 September 2022 – SAHPRA registered a COVID-19...
