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Aspen CEO Stephen Saad.

Aspen’s shot at redemption

The pharma company mounts a strategic comeback

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JAMIE CARR: Moderna is back in a big way

Moderna surges after cancer vaccine trials as Klarna suffers in Germany

How the government is hollowing out South Africa’s drug industry

South Africa’s drugmakers say government procurement is killing local manufacturing, threatening 2,500 jobs and worsening medicine supply risks, despite commitments to…

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Constitutional Court fires a warning shot across NHI’s bow

The top court struck down the state’s certificate-of-need scheme. It serves as a warning to NHI’s architects: good intentions aren’t enough

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What happens to healthcare while NHI is being resolved?

While legal challenges to NHI play out, it’s crucial that the healthcare system remains stable, functioning – and moving forwards

Medical aid PMB clinic. Rawpixel/Currency collage

R135bn later, members still face huge medical bills

PMBs cover 271 conditions and cost medical schemes R135bn a year – but complex rules mean members can still face massive out-of-pocket costs

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Ramaphosa is head-in-the-clouds over NHI 

Despite the president’s assertions, neither the Freedom Charter nor the UN say that the ANC’s NHI is the only option to achieve universal health coverage

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NHI is a fantasy fix for a broken system 

Alex van den Heever says NHI lacks the legal, fiscal and constitutional foundations to work, while urgent health reforms have been sidelined.

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore. Supplied

Market smashes Discovery’s growth forecasts

Discovery’s CEO has brushed off a market bruising, with a growth target of 15%-20% from here on out

Adrian Gore. Discovery. Picture: supplied

Discovery, six years and R15bn later, makes bank

Discovery poured R15bn into launching its bank. With SA’s fragile economy squeezing its medical business, it’s a good thing the bank is in the black