Pretoria, 25 June 2026 - Since its establishment in 2018, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has maintained a strong focus on patient safety as a central pillar of its mandate. In terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of...
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...
Pretoria, 23 February 2023 - The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted the Regional Quality Management Systems (QMS) Technical Working Group Workshop during 20 - 23 February 2023 at Protea Hotel – OR Tambo Airport. The participating countries included: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho,...
Pretoria, 5 October 2022 - The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has recently been ranked by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at a functional level of maturity (Level 3) according to WHO’s global classification system for national medical products regulatory authorities. This means...
Patient safety resonates with SAHPRA’s mission of ensuring that the public is protected by registering and regulating all health products so that they comply with SAHPRA’s pillars of safety, quality, efficacy and performance. This involves ensuring that stringent regulatory requirements are followed before any health product is made...
11 June 2021 Background World Health Organization (WHO) estimates from 2017 indicates that 10.5% of medical products available in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are “substandard or falsified” (SF). Substandard health products are approved by the national regulators, but they do not comply with adequate standards due...