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Ascendis' share price rises
19th October 2021 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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. 


Unilever pilots Sunlight soap made with captured carbon
14th October 2021 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


Covid-19 vaccines
Moderna plans to spend $500m on vaccine plant in Africa
7th October 2021 By: Bloomberg

Moderna said it would spend as much as $500-million to build a factory in Africa that could produce half a billion messenger RNA vaccine doses a year. In a statement, the company said that the new... 


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More equipment donated in the fight against Covid-19
1st October 2021

Integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol has donated mobile clinics, vaccine carriers, laptops, specialised World Health Organisation-approved medical refrigerators and freezers, as well as... 


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Unequal access to vaccines a huge risk to a sustained global recovery, says Ramaphosa
28th September 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

Unequal access to vaccines presents a huge risk to a sustained global recovery and the vaccine business should not be just about profit but about saving lives, President Cyril Ramaphosa said during... 


CSIR, SAMRC partner with US firm on Covid-19, cancer vaccine development
27th September 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

NantAfrica, a division of US multinational NantWorks, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the South African Medical Research... 


WHO-backed vaccine hub for Africa to copy Moderna Covid-19 shot
14th September 2021 By: Reuters

Efforts to develop an African base for Covid-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna's shot, but a lack of progress in talks with the U.S. company mean the project will take... 


Sinovac in talks about setting up South Africa vaccine production, partner says
10th September 2021 By: Reuters

China's Sinovac Biotech is in talks about setting up a vaccine production facility in South Africa with its local partner, the chief executive of Numolux said on Friday. Hilton Klein made the... 


Aspen group CE Stephen Saad
Aspen reinstates dividend; in talks to market Covid-19 vaccine in Africa
2nd September 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed pharmaceutical manufacturer Aspen has once again resumed dividends and will pay out R1.2-billion, or 262c apiece, to shareholders for the financial year ended June 30. The group’s... 


Aspen's manufacturing facility in Gqeberha
Aspen appoints successor to deputy CE Attridge
2nd September 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed pharmaceutical group Aspen has announced that its retiring deputy group CE and co-founder Gus Attridge will be succeeded by Sean Capazorio, effective January 1, 2022. Capazorio has... 


AECI CE Mark Dytor
AECI backs clean chemical company expansion
31st August 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed chemicals group AECI has extended a €2.5-million convertible loan to international cleantech company Clariter to scale up its technology to commercial level. Clariter uses upcycling... 


Adcock Ingram delivers ‘resilient performance’ despite difficult operating environment
25th August 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

South African pharmaceuticals giant Adcock Ingram delivered a “resilient performance” in the financial year ended June 30, which CEO Andy Hall said was despite the difficult operating environment,... 


Cannabis firm plans South Africa IPO, magic mushroom expansion
24th August 2021 By: Bloomberg

Cilo Cybin Pharmaceutical is considering an initial public offering in the next 12 months after becoming the first South African company to win the right to grow, process and package cannabis... 


Cipla relaunches its operations in KwaZulu-Natal following unrest
19th August 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

Global pharmaceuticals firm Cipla has relaunched its operations in KwaZulu-Natal, a month after its premises was burnt to ashes during the devastating civil unrest. The re-opening was presided over... 


Cobra to help identify, disburse funds to repair ransacked independent pharmacies
16th August 2021 By: Schalk Burger

The Covid Business Rescue Assistance (Cobra) initiative has been engaged by the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) to help with the identification of funders and the disbursement of... 


Sahpra authorises CapeBio to manufacture Covid-19 Rapid Test Kits locally
16th August 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has authorised local biotechnology company CapeBio to manufacture rapid Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits. The test... 


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New camera used in inspection project
6th August 2021 By: Halima Frost

In a first for Southern Africa and possibly the whole of Africa, rope access specialists Skyriders has used Zenith – a new confined-space inspection camera system – at a petrochemicals plant, in... 


An image of a LanzaTech installation capturing off gasses
Partnership notes first new chemicals success
6th August 2021

The partnership between carbon recycling technology company LanzaTech and multinational chemicals company BASF, who together aim to transform the carbon contained in industrial off-gases into... 


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Unique thermowell design on offer
6th August 2021

Measuring instruments supplier Wika Instruments offers its ScrutonWell as an alternative to a standard thermowell. The ScrutonWell, manufactured by Wika, is typically used in applications commonly... 


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Control tower effectively monitors transport of chemicals
6th August 2021 By: Halima Frost

Specialist transport company Unitrans Supply Chain Solutions has noted a 42% improvement in driver awareness, while distracted driving incidents have decreased by 45%, since the launch of its... 


Rolls-Royce and US company develop means for ultra cold vaccine transport in remote areas
29th July 2021 By: Rebecca Campbell

A US-based innovation unit of UK-based global major industrial technology group Rolls-Royce has designed an ultra-low temperature cold transport pod for vaccines, a design that was then developed... 


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AECI delivers strong performance as trading environment normalises post-Covid
28th July 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Diversified chemicals company AECI delivered a strong performance for the six months to June 30. The trading environment began to normalise during the second half of 2020 following the world’s... 


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WTO’s holiday from vaccine equity talks draws calls for action
27th July 2021 By: Bloomberg

An urgent global effort to rebalance the inequity between rich, vaccinated nations and poor nations sliding further into pandemic misery is colliding with an immovable calendar conflict: the... 


BioNTech will attempt shot for malaria next
27th July 2021 By: Bloomberg

BioNTech will seek to follow its successful Covid-19 vaccine with a shot to prevent malaria, both its first solo project and first new infectious-disease effort since the pandemic began. The German... 


Aspen employee
Aspen starts distributing vaccines
26th July 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings has confirmed it will soon receive new Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine supplies at its Gqeberha-based manufacturing site. The company will distribute the... 


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Biovac/Pfizer vaccine partnership will boost mRNA hub – Nzimande
23rd July 2021 By: Sane Dhlamini

The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has congratulated the Biovac Institute for its partnership with Pfizer and its German vaccine partner BioNTech which will... 


Pfizer/BioNTech strike South Africa COVID-19 manufacturing deal with Biovac
21st July 2021 By: Reuters

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Wednesday said they had struck a deal for South Africa's Biovac Institute to process and distribute over 100 million doses a year of their Covid-19 vaccine for the... 


Healthcare councils condemn looting, warn of worrying and dangerous consequences
19th July 2021 By: Donna Slater

South Africa’s statutory health regulatory councils, together with the Department of Health (DOH), have condemned the looting and violence last week, especially those acts that targeted healthcare... 


B4SA warns public to look out for stolen vaccines on offer
16th July 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business for South Africa (B4SA) has welcomed the announcement by acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi that more than one-million people in the 35- to 49-year-old age group have registered for... 


Intellectual property environment strengthens despite challenges
7th July 2021 By: Donna Slater

Despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the global intellectual property (IP) environment continued its positive trajectory, biotechnology company CapeBio CEO Daniel Ndima said... 


Aspen's manufacturing site in Gqeberha
International institutions aid vaccine-making in Africa through R10bn financing
1st July 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Several international development finance institutions have partnered on a financing package for pharmaceuticals company Aspen Pharmacare to support vaccine production and other treatment therapies... 


UJ researchers develop low-energy, safer hydrogenation through three-phase Pickering emulsion
29th June 2021 By: Schalk Burger

Researchers at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Department of Chemical Sciences on June 28 announced that, in processes in which compressed hydrogen is not needed, the use of a stable... 


Omnia's Nitric Acid Complex in Sasolburg
Omnia resumes dividends after strong financial year performance
22nd June 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Diversified chemicals group Omnia had a strong performance for the 2021 financial year, enabling it to resume dividends and return over R1-billion to shareholders, despite the impact of the... 


ORBITALUM GF SAW
Orbital pipe cutting machine used in food and beverage, and pharmaceutical, industries
Orbitulum saw popular across various industries
18th June 2021 By: Claire O'Reilly

Industrial and electronic products importer and distributor Actum’s Orbitalum GF saw range, designed for cold cutting and bevelling, is becoming increasingly popular in the food and beverage, and... 


Partnership eyed for vaccine rollout acceleration in Africa
Partnership eyed for vaccine rollout acceleration in Africa
15th June 2021 By: Donna Slater

World Bank president David Malpass and his senior management team, comprising Dr Axel van Trotsenburg and Dr Makhtar Diop, have met with the African Union’s Covid-19 Vaccine Acquisition Task Team... 


Fluor South Africa GM Bill Langenbach
Fluor repositions South African unit to support energy transition drive
14th June 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Global engineering and construction company Fluor, which has been closely associated with South Africa’s liquid fuels and chemicals industries since the 1960s, has restructured its South African... 


IN THE MIX
Admixtures and additives used in the manufacture of cement is is short supply globally
Producers under pressure
11th June 2021 By: Halima Frost

South Africa’s concrete and cement additive suppliers are under severe production pressures, owing to a global shortage of many of the primary raw materials used in the chemicals industry essential... 


Air separation units at Sasol Secunda
Commission recommends approval of Air Liquide’s proposed acquisition of Sasol ASUs
31st May 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve, with conditions, industrial gases company Air Liquide’s proposed acquisition of the business owning and operating... 


Institutions partner to expand diagnostic capacity in Africa
31st May 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

To strengthen diagnostic capacity and the health response to Covid-19 in Africa, global development institution IFC, private sector financer Proparco and pathology services company Cerba Lancet... 


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