South African agribusinesses which export to the European Union (EU) will have been keeping an eye on the increasing suite of laws coming out of the EU that seek...

Over the last several decades, there has been a strong global push towards regulating tobacco and tobacco products with the aim of reducing tobacco consumption.

On 4 November 2025, the Pretoria High Court delivered an important judgment on the nature and limits of the statutory framework governing the internal processes of the HPCSA.

The crux of the matter is that patented medicines are costly, often prohibitively for the poorest nations. Ultimately, this impediment derives from the fact that the research and ...

The surge in demand for GLP-1 and GIP medicines—particularly those containing semaglutide and tirzepatide—has created significant commercial opportunity.

Following the recent landmark decision of the South African Constitutional Court, in which the private and personal use of cannabis was decriminalised, together with the publication of guidelines regarding the...

The provisions in question were found to infringe upon the right to privacy, entrenched in Section 14 of the Constitution.

By the end of 2019, humanity was confronted by a new infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus, the covid-19 that led, on March 11th, 2020 the Word Health Organization to declare the state of a global pandemic.

A lot of attention has been given to the changes in the South African legislative framework in so far as it relates to Cannabis.

Much has been said about the costs of the proposed national health insurance scheme for South Africa.

The Minister of Health has published certain proposed amendments to the so-called Medicine Pricing Regulations for public comment in the Government Gazette on 6 July 2012.

The Minister of Health has published certain proposed amendments to the so-called Medicine Pricing Regulations for public comment in the Government Gazette on 6 July 2012.

There was a fascinating article in the IPKat blog about the AI programme AlphaFold recently. So, what is this all about...

On 8 September 2025, the Liquor Amendment Bill (B21-2025) (the Bill) was introduced as a private member's bill by Ms Ntombovuyo Veronica Mente-Nkuna, a member of the EFF, in the National Assembly.

This is one of the reasons why the rules that determine the patentable subject matter in national or regional laws differ.

After much uncertainty as to the fate of veggie burgers and veggie sausages, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (the Department) has recently provided much needed clarity on the naming conventions for meat analogues.

The policy on national health insurance was recently published for public comment. Unfortunately it lacks particularity, which makes it difficult to provide meaningful feedback.

whether payments made by the appellant to tax consultancy firms for services rendered to expatriate employees in respect of their South African tax obligations constitute a taxable benefit ...