Pretoria, 30 January 2023 – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has registered Paxlovid, an anti-viral medicine manufactured by Pfizer, to treat COVID-19. Paxlovid, which contains Nirmatrelvir (150mg) and Ritonavir (100mg), is a medicine that is used for the treatment of mild to moderate...
03 May 2022 Embargo: Immediate release Pretoria, 3 May 2022 - In October 2021, the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP); Free the Children -Save the Nation NPC, Caring Healthcare Workers Coalition NPC, and the COVID Care Alliance NPC initiated court action against the Minister of Health and...
11 March 2022 Embargo: Immediate release The South Africa Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has noted that a safety report in relation to the COVID-19 Pfizer Comirnaty vaccine directed to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been distributed on various communication platforms in South...
17 February 2022 Embargo: Immediate release Until recently, the treatment options for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 have been limited. New oral antiviral medicines are becoming available for the treatment of confirmed COVID-19 in adults who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at risk of...
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8 December 2021 Embargo: Immediate release The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) initially approved the use of Pfizer’s Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine on 16 March 2021, in terms of section 21 of the Medicines and Related Substance Act (Act 101 of 1965). On 17 November 2021, SAHPRA received...
26 November 2021 Embargo: Immediate release SAHPRA has received an application for the Pfizer Comirnaty Booster/3rddose vaccine on 17 November 2021. This is for the homologous booster regimen, not a mix-and-match approach. SAHPRA will now commence with the assessment of data for the safety and efficacy of the third...
10 September 2021 The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the use of the Pfizer COMIRNATY Vaccine in terms of Section 21 of the Medicines and Related Substance Act 101 of 1965 (The Medicines Act) to include individuals twelve years (12) years and older....
26 July 2021 The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to inform you of a signal of myocarditis/pericarditis associated with Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty® (BNT162b2). The Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty® Vaccine was approved by SAHPRA in March 2021. The authorisation was done in terms of...
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