WATCH: Tracking the diabetes drug market

Business Day TV speaks to Stavros Nicolaou, a senior executive at Aspen

UK healthcare Reit Assura to list on JSE

The listing of 3.25-billion ordinary shares gives the company an anticipated market cap of about R30bn

Alliance aims to improve the tracking of medicines using 2D bar codes

Better supply chain visibility expected to reassure US drug makers products will reach intended destination

AstraZeneca lifts outlook as it doubles down on US growth

The drugmaker will spend $2bn on research & development and on plants that manufacture biologics medicines and cell therapies

Life Healthcare earnings to rise as much as 61%

The sublicensing of LMI's RM2 product contributed about R430m to earnings

AstraZeneca’s China chief detained amid insurance probe

Drugmaker says Chinese authorities haven’t given reasons for apprehending Leon Wang

Aspen boss says licensing deal a ‘coup’

Agreement positions pharmaceutical firm to tap into lucrative sector driven by global demand

Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug powers strong quarterly profit

Though under pressure from activist investor Starboard, Pfizer has topped third-quarter estimates

WATCH: Behind Dis-Chem’s healthy earnings bump

Business Day TV speaks with Rui Morais, CEO of Dis-Chem

MICHAEL AVERY: Bonitas’ denial delays the inevitable reckoning

Medical scheme mum on why contract with ADS was terminated and handed to its former CEO

J&J lifts profit and sales forecasts after beating expectations

Sales of the drugmaker’s oncology drugs rose nearly 19% worldwide for the quarter, driven by sales of its cancer treatment Darzalex

Pfizer gains on report activist investor has secured a $1bn stake

Starboard Value has approached a former CEO and CFO, both of whom have expressed interest,  sources say

Medical scheme warns hefty hikes increase support for NHI

Bestmed flags rise in fraudulent activities including practitioners claiming services for dead people

Netcare expects revenue boost after improved second half

Private healthcare provider on track to meet its full-year guidance and strategic project goals

Surge in chronic illness fuels medical inflation

Prices top inflation as demand grows and few young people join medical schemes

J&J unit files for bankruptcy to advance $10bn talc settlement

J&J faces lawsuits from more than 62,000 claimants who alleged that its talc products were contaminated with asbestos