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Please note that SAHPRA Head Office, including Cape Town and Durban Regional Offices will be unavilable today, 29 November 2024 due to the organisation’s Annual General Meeting. If you require assistance, please use applicable contacts from Key Contacts: https://www.sahpra.org.za/key-contacts/ The post SAHPRA Offices will be unavailable on 29 November 2024… Read more »

SAHPRA offices will be closed for the festive season from 12:00 on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 and will re-open on Monday, 06 January 2025. Please note: Submissions to SAHPRA New Medicine, Variation, License, Renewal Applications Applications/submissions via sFTP will continue however applications received after 20... The post SAHPRA office closure… Read more »

Pretoria, 21 November 2024 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is aware of a quality issue in a batch of YAZ Plus contraceptives (Batch No. WEW96J distributed on 09 and 24 November 2023) which has resulted in the incorrect arrangement of tablets... The post SAHPRA recalls a… Read more »

Pretoria, 08 November 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is concerned about the proliferation of falsified, compounded and substandard Glucagon-like Peptide (GLP-1)-containing products being made available to the public via websites, social media platforms and other informal channels. These pose a health... The post SAHPRA’s position on… Read more »

Pretoria, 07 November 2024 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) encourages members of the public to always report any suspected side effects they may experience from taking medicines, vaccines and/or using medical devices, to help make medicines safer for everyone.  While humanity... The post SAHPRA encourages the… Read more »

Pretoria, 18 October 2024 – On the 25th and 26th of September 2024, the School of Physical and Chemical Sciences (SPCS) at North-West University’s Mafikeng Campus hosted a vibrant and educational “SPCS in Action” event. This two-day event gathered leading organisations in chemistry, biochemistry, and... The post North-West University Hosts… Read more »

Pretoria, South Africa and Canberra, Australia, 07 October 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will strengthen collaboration between the two health product regulators. The MoU builds on... The post South African and… Read more »

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has published four (4) Expression of Interests (EOIs) since 2023, and these have all been closed. Updates on EOIs: Download PDF The post Feedback on SAHPRA’s EOIs and latest appointments appeared first on SAHPRA. Read more »

Pretoria, 16 September 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is proud to announce that it has received its first clean audit outcome from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2023/2024 financial year, following on a record of consistent unqualified audit... The post SAHPRA attains clean… Read more »

Pretoria, 22 July 2024 –The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is disappointed with the unfounded fallacies and misrepresentation in circulation and churned out by some media organisations without verification, in what presents as a misinformation campaign devoid of any intent to rely on... The post SAHPRA dismisses unfounded… Read more »