Health

Department of Health

Regulations governing how human remains are to be managed have been published in Government Gazette 36473.

They are published in terms of the National Health Act of 2003.

Department of Science and Technology

Cabinet has approved the call for technology and investment partners for the Ketlaphela project which is a new government controlled pharmaceutical company that will focus on the local manufacture of anti-retrovirals (ARVs).

Ketlaphela will establish the first pharmaceutical plant to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for anti-retroviral medicines (ARV’s) in South Africa.

Department of Economic Development

The Competition Commission is to conduct a market enquiry into the local private health sector.

This was announced by the economic development minister, Ebrahim Patel, during his budget vote speech in parliament yesterday.