It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for Covid-19 shots is empty. A health... 

Africa’s drive to set up a vaccine industry after being left at the back of the queue in the global scramble for Covid-19 shots has stumbled at the first hurdle. As the omicron variant was... 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is partnering with Egypt-based pharmaceutical producer Rameda, to support the company’s strategy to “green” its operations and improve its production... 

Independent lubricant manufacturer Fuchs Lubricants South Africa on May 13 officially launched its newly built head office and warehouse in Isando, Johannesburg. The company has invested over... 

Plans to produce Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in Cape Town may be scaled back because of waning demand for the shots, according to the head of the company’s South African manufacturing partner. About... 

The Industry Software Solutions and Support (IS3) X-Change User Conference, aimed at providing the attending industrial software professionals with technical overviews and insights into industrial... 

Aspen Pharmacare will switch about half of its Covid-19 vaccine production capacity onto other products if demand doesn't pick up within six weeks, its CEO warned, as South Africa's president and... 

Africa's top public health body urged all those purchasing Covid-19 vaccines for the continent to place orders with South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare, saying the market was key to developing vaccine... 

Africa's first Covid-19 vaccination plant, touted last year as a trailblazer for an under-vaccinated continent frustrated by sluggish Western handouts, risks shutting down after receiving not a... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday explained that it was urgent that African countries cooperate to manufacture their own vaccines, and strengthen their own health systems so that these vaccines... 

While South Africa is leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Southern Africa, the level of technological advancement in the local medical sector is low, with only some innovation and... 

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has started a consultation process with regard to the requirement of the pesticides, batteries and lubricant oils sectors to... 

South African medical innovation company Liqid Medical has designed a novel ocular implant called the OptiShunt that uses a simple concept to revolutionise the treatment of glaucoma. The... 

Chemicals and energy company Sasol has joined an international consortium of industrial and academic project partners, known as Concrete Chemicals, in an effort to combine its technical knowledge... 

South Africa’s oil refining capacity has always been rather small when considered on a global scale, but there was some sense of national pride and of security in knowing that the country could... 

JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties has assisted long-standing tenant biomedical products manufacturer Beckman Coulter to relocate from Growthpoint Business Park in Midrand, Johannesburg, to a new... 

International pumps and compressors designer and manufacturer Sundyne showcased its SundWASH high pressure wash-down systems for food and beverage applications at the International Production &... 

Sustainable chemicals manufacturer Bolder Industries announced in January a landmark 20-year strategic marketing agreement with independent petroleum marketer Tauber Oil for exclusive offtake of... 

-The World Trade Organization praised a provisional deal to waive patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines after more than a year of deadlock, although drugmakers said the move risked undermining the... 

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Plus laboratory, launched by Science and Innovation (DSI) deputy Minister Buti Manamela on March 11, is working with universities and other industry... 

South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare on Tuesday concluded an agreement with Johnson & Johnson to package, sell and distribute the American group's Covid-19 vaccines under its own brand in... 

Medical cannabis producer Cilo Cybin Pharmaceuticals has launched South Africa’s first oil-based cannabinoid products with a self-emulsifying drug delivery system, which it says increases efficacy... 

JSE-listed Labat has concluded an agreement for the acquisition of 80% of shares and claims in Lima Romeo Air, known as Sweetwater, which is a fully operational South African Health Products... 

A consortium of nine development finance institutions (DFIs) has partnered with biopharmaceutical company Biovac, based in Cape Town, to support its vaccine manufacturing expansion plans. Biovac... 

South African pharmaceutical firm Adcock Ingram plans to launch a range of new products in the next six months to boost revenues and profits, its CEO said, after the company announced a 30% rise in... 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has approved development funds for the first phase of a project that is designed to increase the Secunda complex’s ability to use gas instead of coal to produce... 

JSE-listed packaged goods company Libstar will dispose of a 70% equity interest in its household and personal care businesses, comprising the Contactim and Chet Chemicals divisions, for... 

JSE-listed Ascendis Health managed to narrow its normalised operating loss by 49% year-on-year to a loss of R94-million for the six months ended December 31. The basic loss a share from... 

The Competition Commission on February 8 filed a referral with the Competition Tribunal for prosecution of Switzerland-based multinational healthcare company Roche Holding and its subsidiaries F... 

Siemens South Africa, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings subsidiary Aspen SA Operations and private sector development financier Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) have entered into... 

The NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus at Brackengate, in Cape Town, could soon produce its first Covid-19 vaccine, says NantWorks founder and CEO Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong. President Cyril Ramaphosa... 

The instrumental job of cleaning an industrial boiler or burner prior to maintenance has proven to be an integral part of rope access company Skyriders’ offerings, says marketing manager Mike Zinn.... 

JSE-listed pharmaceuticals company Aspen has advised shareholders that its normalised headline earnings per share (NHEPS) from continuing operations for the six months ended December 31 are likely... 

JSE-listed diversified chemicals company Omnia Holdings has successfully concluded its divestment from petroleum products producer Umongo Petroleum, which Omnia had identified as noncore during a... 

Pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram has advised shareholders that its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended December 31, were expected to show an... 

Logistics companies Imperial and UbiPharm have joined forces to create an expansive healthcare distribution network across Africa. This strategic alliance is aimed at providing complementary... 

Despite the chemicals industry being the fifth hardest-hit industry globally as a result of supply chain challenges, oil price fluctuations and deglobalisation, the disruption has “primed” the... 

The NantSA vaccine manufacturing campus at Brackengate, in Cape Town, could soon produce its first Covid-19 vaccine, says NantWorks founder and CEO Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong. President Cyril Ramaphosa...