Medicines Control Council
latest news & developments
Prioritising an overarching approach to medicines regulatory systems strengthening
The aim is to improve access to quality, safe and efficacious medical products
Legal dagga process draaaags on
Growing marijuana for medical use is due to be greenlit, but the informal market is already booming
Controlling codeine: less painkiller in your pills
Pharmaceutical experts differ over how to limit dependency on a common painkiller.
Vaccine-maker Litha won’t pay dividends as it looks for buys
Litha Healthcare Group, the worst performer on South Africa’s small-cap index this year, will not pay dividends for 2013.
Immune boosters a risky letdown
Immune boosters should not be substituted for real medication. Yet the claims on their packaging may seduce and persuade consumers
Adcock Ingram vs MCC: A worrying legal battle
Adcock Ingram’s battle with the MCC over Synap Forte and similar drugs has cast doubt on the state attorney’s capacity to handle legal challenges.
Urgent bid to stop the sale of ‘toxic’ meds
The Medicines Control Council has obtained an urgent court order to stop the continued sale of potentially deadly medicines.
Medicines body in poor state, says DA
A clinical trial which could benefit Aids patients is about to lose its funding because the Medicines Control Council won’t answer its phones.
Medicines legislation could face court action
Government will face a barrage of litigation if amendments to the Medicines Act currently before Parliament were not revised, MPs heard on Tuesday.
Be careful with kids’ cough medicines, parents warned
Parents have been warned not to give toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold remedies unless advised to do so by a healthcare professional.
Law to shut down backyard tik kitchens
Legislation is in the pipeline to have pseudoephedrine — a key ingredient in the manufacturing of the drug tik, or methamphetamine — reclassified, the Democratic Alliance said on…
Judgement reserved on TAC vs Rath
Giving away free medicines, as Matthias Rath did with his vitamin products, is a well-known way of creating a market, the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) counsel told the Cape…
Assembly backs embattled Manto
The National Assembly on Thursday adopted a motion of full confidence in Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, thereby rejecting the original motion by the Democratic…
TAC stands by Qunta statement
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says it stands by its statement on South African Broadcasting Corporation board deputy chairperson Christine Qunta and on Thursday laid…
Stop defaming me, Qunta tells TAC
South African Broadcasting Corporation board deputy chairperson Christine Qunta has demanded the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) stop publishing defamatory material about her.…