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... 

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has issued a licence to GESlabs to manufacture cannabinoid pharmaceutical ingredients for use in therapeutic medicines. The company... 

Africa's top public health body said it was in talks with Pfizer about securing supplies of its antiviral Covid-19 pills for the continent, the latest to join the race for a drug seen as a... 

Researchers have started recruiting South African health workers to take part in a vaccine trial that will compare the use of Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Covid-19 shots as boosters. The health... 

A group of institutional investors representing $3.5-trillion in assets under management on Thursday called on pharmaceutical companies to link their executives' pay to making Covid-19 vaccines... 

JSE-listed pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram reports that, owing to an improvement in the trading environment, its earnings a share and headline earnings a share for the six months to December... 

South Africa's fight against Covid-19 has received a boost with the approval by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) of a locally developed Covid-19 antigen detection... 

JSE-listed cannabis holdings group Labat Africa’s share price on the JSE rose by 56% on Monday after the company announced it had been approved for a listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE).... 

Aspen will manufacture and sell its own branded Covid-19 vaccine in Africa, following an agreement with Johnson & Johnson. Johnson & Johnson is granting Aspen an intellectual property licence to... 

Pharmaceutical company Aspen’s wholly-owned South African subsidiary, Aspen SA Operations, has signed a nonbinding term sheet with Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, two of the... 

The Competition Commission has prohibited the sale of Sasol’s sodium cyanide business to Czech Republic-based specialty chemicals company, Draslovka. The commission’s approval was a key condition... 

Consumer products company Unilever South Africa has become the first manufacturer in the world to introduce purple carbon into its range of homecare products. For the entire month, Sunlight... 

Energy and chemicals groups Sasol aims to begin producing 6 t/d of green hydrogen at its facility in Sasolburg by 2023, VP for climate change Shamini Harrington reports. In a presentation delivered... 

South African pharmaceuticals company Ascendis Health’s board of directors continues to consider nonbinding proposals and expressions of interest (EoIs) for the acquisition of Ascendis Health... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly letter, said the fourth South African Investment Conference, which would have been held this month has been moved to March next year owing to several... 

Improved transport infrastructure in Africa would contribute significantly to unlocking the continent’s economic potential, says diversified chemicals group Omnia Holdings group CEO Seelan... 

Nonprofit shareholder activism organisation JustShare on October 26 said petrochemicals company Sasol had refused to table the sixth shareholder-proposed resolution filed with the company in five... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in partnership with the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education Training Authority, has opened the doors of its... 

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has officially opened multinational specialty pharmaceutical company Aspen’s general anaesthetics production line at its flagship... 

Swiss pharmaceutical company Acino and multinational pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare and its subsidiaries have signed an agreement for Acino to acquire six South African medicines for more... 

Hi-tech protective clothing manufacturer Charnaud stresses that the safety of all employees depends on the creation and strict implementation of a personal protective equipment (PPE) plan.... 

JSE-listed Ascendis Health's share price rose by more than 23% on October 19. On the same day, the company issued an update on proposed plans to dispose of its Ascendis Pharma business segment. 

Consumer products multinational Unilever says it has produced dishwashing liquid, sold under its Sunlight brand, with captured carbon emissions. This aligns with the company's global Clean Future...