Kimberly Clark has contracted Unlimited subsidiary XP Digital™ for access to its exclusive advertising rights within Clicks and Dis-Chem dispensaries, on 42-inch full HD LCD advertising screens to promote its Kleenex Antiviral tissues. The two-month advertising campaign is promoting Kleenex Antiviral Tissues which are the only tissue to kill 99.9% of germs. XP Digital™‘s JD [...]
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Industry news – Adcock Ingram ARVs new packaging
A visual created by ODC (Origin Design Centre) as part of the process of delivering new packing for Adcock Ingram’s anti-retroviral product range so enthused the pharmaceutical giant that it adopted it across all its ARV communication material. Inspired by the compassion with which the Adcock Ingram ARV team approaches its tasks on a daily [...]
Pfizer awarded for pharmaceutical advancements
Excellence in Scientific Innovation and Humanitarian Efforts Honored at 2011 Prix Galien Award Ceremony NEW YORK (September 28, 2011) – The Prix Galien USA committee recognized excellence in scientific innovation that improves the state of human health last night during the fifth annual Prix Galien Awards Gala. The Pro Bono Humanum Award and the Prix [...]
Litha Healthcare Group releases results for six mouths to June 2011
CAPE TOWN: Litha Healthcare Group Limited (LHG) has three divisions – Litha Biotech (biotechnology/vaccines), Litha Medical (medical devices) and Litha Pharma (pharmaceuticals). Litha Healthcare Holdings (Proprietary) Limited (LHH) and Pharmafrica (Proprietary) Limited (Pharmafrica) were fully consolidated for the full six months to June 2011. In the prior comparable period, the group owned 51% of LHH [...]
Adcock Ingram’s ARVs’ new packaging
A visual created by ODC (Origin Design Centre) as part of the process of delivering new packing for Adcock Ingram’s anti-retroviral product range so enthused the pharmaceutical giant that it adopted it across all its ARV communication material. They now form the distinctive visual devices that link all marketing material for the different ARV products [...]
Project Phakamisa
Breast cancer is currently a leading cause of death amongst women in Africa. In South Africaalone, it is estimated that one in every 29 women is diagnosed with the disease every year, with the number of diagnosis amongst young black South African women continuously increasing1,2. The real tragedy however, is that many affected individuals cannot [...]
National Health Insurance (NHI) system
Government should investigate combining different financing mechanisms in an equitable way to fund the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, says healthcare financing consultant, Professor Healther McLeod. Speaking at the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) conference in Cape Town, McLeod said everywhere where funding is largely pre-paid and pooled there are trade-offs between the [...]
Would you risk your life to stop a cough?
How often have you reached for a cough syrup to ease the symptoms of that annoying and often painful cough? Would you still use the product if it was harmful to your health? The facts are frightening. Many of the commonly used cough syrups contain active ingredients which are known to cause severe side effects [...]
Health Minister eyes ‘junk food’ industry
FAST-food companies will soon be forbidden from marketing their “unhealthy” products on TV during children’s programmes. Free toys handed out with fast-food meals as part of a “kiddies’ package” might also be prohibited as part of the Department of Health’s plans to regulate the “junk food industry”. Speaking at a summit on non-communicable diseases in [...]
Children’s charity receives heartfelt donation from 3M South Africa
A generous donation of R50 000 and two state-of-the-art 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscopes has been made by 3M South Africa’s Health Care division to the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Foundation (WSPCF). The donations will be used to ensure that underprivileged children in Africa, who have congenital heart defects, will continue to receive life-saving treatment. The WSPCF [...]
