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CELGENE FLAGGED
For overpricing bone marrow cancer drug The Competition Commission has referred for prosecution to the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”), international drug manufacturer Celgene Corporation (“Celgene Corp”) and its subsidiary Celgene Logistics S.a.r.l (“Celgene Logistics”) (collectively, “Celgene”). The companies are alleged to have contravened the Competition Act 89 of 1998, as amended, by the alleged excessive pricing of a bone marrow cancer treatment drug, Revlimid. Revlimid (Lenalidomide)...
Cancer Alliance tackles price gouging
Represented by SECTION27, takes on multinational company Cancer Alliance tackles price gouging 14 November 2024, Johannesburg - The Cancer...
Lenalidomide price case progress
Access to Medicine: Lenalidomide Cancer Alliance submitted a case for the investigation of excessive pricing for lenalidomide to the South African...
Partnerships turn words into action
Press Release The Cancer Alliance welcomes government’s commitment to partnership in tackling the escalating cancer crisis in South Africa – the...
Comprehensive review of cancer care
Press Release: Cancer Alliance, the advocacy collective for South Africa’s leading cancer organisation, has welcomed the publication of the Health...
Implications of Constitutional guarantees
https://youtu.be/ReiEArStAI4 A seminar was hosted by the Cancer Alliance and Cansa on Thursday October 6, 2022. Titled Unpacking the Implications of...
SA’S MEDICINE PATENT LAWS MUST BE CHANGED
– INTERVIEW SALOME MEYER https://youtu.be/IygOCleU1Z4 SABC TV interviewed Salome Meyer from the Cancer Alliance on the problems around the cost of...