Shares in Africa’s biggest pharmaceutical manufacturer, Aspen Pharmacare, plunged by a third in intraday trade on Wednesday after it announced that a contractual dispute could slash core earnings for its 2025 financial year by as much as R2bn.

By market close the share price was down 30.71% to R112, with the fall cutting about R22bn off its market cap, which now amounts to R50bn...

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