Cape Town - The Radiation Control (RadCon) Unit of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) attended a Search and Secure training held by the Office of Radiological Security (ORS) within the USA’s Department of Energy during 19 – 23 May 2025 in Cape...
A Thought Leadership Article by SAHPRA's CEO, Dr Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela Introduction Pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine-related problems, which play a crucial role in ensuring public safety. The South African Health Products...
Pretoria, 11 June 2025—The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is warning the public to be vigilant and cautious when engaging with service providers who claim to be licensed by SAHPRA. SAHPRA has learned that individuals and companies are operating unethically by presenting falsified...
04 June 2025 - The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) recently visited the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) at their Cairo Offices for an intensive training programme to capacitate the Regulator on how to achieve recognition for the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Benchmarking...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted a webinar to provide Industry with updates on the Engagement Portal—Variations and Renewal Submissions. Why should you attend? SAHPRA provided updates on: SAHPRA Portal roll-out Discuss the activities for variations and renewal submissions Presentations: Engagement Portal -UPDATE 19 JUNE...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to inform healthcare professionals about the risk of a drug-drug interaction (DDI) associated with concomitant use of warfarin and tramadol. Taking these two medicines simultaneously can lead to an increase in the International Normalised Ratio...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted a webinar to launch the NDS (National Drug Control System) Applications Portal – for import and export applications, specifically for Narcotics and Controlled Substances only. What was covered? How does the portal work How to submit your...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) recently hosted its Regulatory Technical Forum (RTF) Meeting, which brought together key industry stakeholders to discuss regulatory updates. Areas of discussion on the agenda included: Medicines (Allopathic) Clinical Updates Veterinary Medicines Complementary Medicines Inspectorate and Regulatory Compliance Medical...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) hosted a webinar to provide Industry with updates on the recently launched Engagement Portal. Why should you attend? SAHPRA will provide updates on: SAHPRA Portal roll-out Discuss the activities for the remainder of May and staggered activation of: ...
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is hosting an Emergency Webinar to address numerous Section 21 technical queries regarding the registration of organisations/ applicants and the submission of applications. This webinar session aims to focus on the submission of Section 21 applications for Category...
