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  • Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Row Deepens

    The Department of Health defended its medicine procurement policies after an industry body blamed government tender practices for thousands of job losses. These job losses occurred among South African pharmaceutical manufacturers. The dispute highlights increasing tension between government efforts to support local pharmaceutical manufacturing and the need to secure affordable medicines. However, the Department of Health also needs to secure…

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  • AIDS Drug Tender Controversy Raises Serious Questions

    South Africa’s AIDS Drug Tender Controversy has escalated in Parliament, after Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi sought to distance himself from the department’s latest antiretroviral procurement saga. He told MPs that director-general Sandile Buthelezi, as the department’s accounting officer, carries full responsibility for procurement sign-off. This includes the R15.5bn AIDS drug tender announced in August. The tender covers the three-in-one…

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