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The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 gives effect to the constitutional right of access to information. The Act does not apply to documents (including medical records) sought after the commencement of proceedings, which the other party should be requested to discover in terms of the relevant rules of court.
Put simply (as the…
The Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 requires the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to monitor the use of medicines in South Africa. SAHPRA is responsible for overseeing adverse drug reaction reporting in South Africa.
Adverse drug reactions (including interactions with other medicines) caused by prescribed medicines, over the counter medicines, or by…
The Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 allows the South Africa Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) to call up both medicines and medical devices for South African registration. Unlike medicines (which must be registered), SAHPRA has yet to call up medical devices for registration. This means that no medical device currently manufactured, imported, distributed, or sold…
The Pretoria High Court recently dismissed a patient’s appeal against the HCPSA’s decision not to find a doctor guilty of unprofessional conduct.
The patient had lodged a complaint with the HPCSA alleging that the doctor had, despite knowing the patient’s history and risk factors, performed a coronary angiogram and caused the patient to suffer a…
The Pretoria High Court recently dismissed a pharmaceutical company’s application to review the Department of Health’s (DOH) decision to classify medicines for the purposes of assessing tender bids.
The DOH awarded a tender to supply surfactants to treat Respiratory Distress Syndrome at public hospitals. The tender bid invitation was based on two therapeutic classes…
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has recently urged the public to return various brands of peanut butters for a refund. The manufacturer of the peanut butters had informed the NCC that the affected products contain higher than the legally accepted levels of Aflatoxin.
The recall of most consumer products is regulated by the Consumer Protection…
The Supreme Court for England and Wales (ESC) recently ruled that while doctors owe a duty of care towards their patients, they do not owe a similar duty to that patient’s family.
Like South African law, English law allows those who suffer mental injury after witnessing an accident to sue for damages as…
