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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Medscheme Bonitas Court Bid Withdrawal Clears CMS Probe
Medscheme has withdrawn its legal application against Bonitas Medical Fund. The decision clears the way for the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) to continue a forensic investigation into disputed procurement processes. The legal action concerned contracts for medical scheme administration, managed care, marketing and sales distribution. Medscheme claimed to have evidence of significant irregularities in tender processes involving Bonitas’s BonCap…