The Gauteng health department says it has instructed its attorneys to appeal a judgment passed by the Johannesburg high court on Thursday which reviewed and set aside medical waste tenders it awarded to two service providers worth R500m.
Novo Nordisk has contracted Aspen Pharmacare to produce human insulin on its behalf in South Africa for export to African countries through a low-cost government tender system, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday.
Migrant health experts have critised the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) in its current form, saying it is unconstitutional because it excludes asylum seekers and other migrants from a raft of basic services.