Sub-Saharan Africa

The NHLS governance crisis reached Parliament with R1.8 billion in irregular spending, an interim board and a disputed IP Capital consultancy.

The Charter establishing the SADC Pharmaceuticals Pooled Procurement Services was signed in Durban on 12 November 2026, with Tanzania the first Member State to sign. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

Aspen Pharmacare has received approval for generic semaglutide in Brazil and South Africa, following Canada in July. Launches in all three markets are expected over the coming months. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

The Enzutrix patent dispute goes to South Africa's Constitutional Court on 23 November 2026. UC and Astellas are pursuing damages over the generic prostate cancer drug, while Eurolab argues the patent was never validly obtained. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety hosts ICMRA, the international coalition of medicines regulators, in Seoul from 3 to 6 November 2026, with AI rules and alternatives to animal testing on the agenda. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #drugregulation

Dr. Reddy's has FDA tentative approval for generic lenacapavir HIV prevention, priced at US$40 per person per year across 120 countries. #SyenzaNews #HIVprevention #MarketAccess

A Pretoria court has declared invalid the antiretroviral tender awards for two items and ordered the health department to redo the split within 120 days. Cipla's review succeeded on all five grounds, while Hetero's challenge was dismissed with attorney-and-client costs. #SyenzaNews #SouthAfrica #HIV

The CSIR FuturePHARMA facility in Tshwane aims to turn South African research into medicines made locally.

South Africa has set a second single exit price adjustment for 2026, lifting listed medicine prices by 2.88% from 1 October. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #Pharma

SAHPRA reports a clean audit, WHO ML3 vaccine maturity, and ICH membership in its 2025/26 annual report, with R515.7 million in revenue and a R33.7 million surplus. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #SAHPRA

Regional networks anchored to local contexts are the missing link for responsible AI in low-resource health systems, a new npj Digital Medicine Perspective argues. #ResponsibleAI #DigitalHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity

Nigeria's NHIA has inaugurated a national health technology assessment steering committee to anchor healthcare spending in evidence. #SyenzaNews #HTA #HealthEconomics #Nigeria