Filter CategoriesAllLatest NewsComplianceCOVID-19CRICEMarket AccessMarket DataMedical Device CodeMedtech RegulationsPOPIASAHPRASmall, Medium and Micro EnterpriseTransformation 23 May 2023 Medtech and SAMED at the centre of quality care and successful NHI 23 May 2023 Join us in welcoming the SAMED elected leadership 21 Apr 2023 SAMED Executive Officer joins CSIR Manufacturing Industry Advisory Panel 20 Apr 2023 Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum successes are a success for all 20 Apr 2023 Exploring an independent HTA for SA medtech 6 Apr 2023 Joint statement by SAMED and Professor Ramokgopa, Academic Head, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand 30 Mar 2023 SAMED members contribute to the creation of 100 000 work experiences for previously unemployed youth. 23 Mar 2023 Delegates elevate women in medtech at SAMED forum 22 Mar 2023 SAHPRA leadership and SAMED Captains come together to elevate medtech regulations 23 Feb 2023 Dive into Data with Integrity and Win + Register for kick sessions to get your data complete 23 Feb 2023 Need a platform to showcase your healthcare company or portfolio? 15 Dec 2022 For SAMED, every day is International Anti-corruption Day 15 Dec 2022 Thousands of new youth jobs 15 Dec 2022 Data with Integrity: Uniting to tap the power of information 15 Dec 2022 Challenge to be the change that SA needs 15 Dec 2022 Medtech Inflation calls for wider consideration 7 Dec 2022 SAMED welcomes additional Board expertise 1 Dec 2022 Learn more about SAMED's Data with Integrity initiative 24 Nov 2022 New SAMED video library 24 Nov 2022 Be prepared for what to do if you witness a potential Medical Device Code transgression 10 Nov 2022 Medtech challenged to build brilliant 3 Nov 2022 Elevating Medtech with Escape Velocity: Register for the SAMED Captains of Industry Forum 8 November 2022 27 Oct 2022 SMME & Local Manufacture Support 26 Oct 2022 NHI Bill in Parliament reveals more about the intent behind the proposed law 26 Oct 2022 CMS Annual Report 2021/2022 released 12 Oct 2022 SAMED in the News: YES, SAMED partnership aims to enhance youth employability 11 Oct 2022 Increased total black and black female ownership in medtech | SAMED 2022 B-BBEE Landscape Analysis 4 Oct 2022 SAMED in the News: SAMED 2022 Annual Conference - Purpose Driven Medtech 4 Oct 2022 YES and SAMED partner to make a healthy impact on youth unemployment 29 Sep 2022 Reforming healthcare through partnerships and purpose-driven medtech 26 Sep 2022 Captaining our Industry to new heights 5 Sep 2022 Raising the profile of Women in Medtech 24 Aug 2022 Let's turbo-charge the status of Medtech in South Africa together 24 Aug 2022 SAHPRA e-services portal 24 Aug 2022 SAMED Compliance Officers Tool Kit: Resources that enable compliance 4 Aug 2022 Don't leave your licence renewals too late and risk prohibition of trade 21 Jul 2022 New chairperson, Peter Mehlape shares his SAMED vision 20 Jul 2022 Save the Date for SAMED 2022 Annual Conference 20 Jul 2022 Certified Code Compliance 20 Jul 2022 Saying YES to capacitating healthcare 20 Jul 2022 SAMED Elects New Leadership 20 Jul 2022 SAMED 2021/22 Annual Report 1 Jul 2022 Declarations of invalidity/unconstitutionality: Preferential Procurement Regulations, parts of the General Medicines Regulations, Certificate of Need 1 Jul 2022 SAMED 2022/23 Chair, vice-Chair and Treasurer 22 Jun 2022 YES, you too can impact youth lives (and improve your B-BBEE level) 15 Jun 2022 This Youth Month, harness the power of young people 8 Jun 2022 Addressing Medtech Public Sector Debt 2 Jun 2022 SAHPRA recognition of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) 2 Jun 2022 SAMED comments on Circular 25 of 2022: Performance of Health Technology Assessments 26 May 2022 SAMED revises Medical Device Code values 26 May 2022 Join us in welcoming SAMED's leaders for 2022/23 4 May 2022 SAMED continues 18A & 18B advocacy with SAHPRA 31 Mar 2022 SAMED Position and Guideline on Mandatory Vaccination 23 Mar 2022 New proposed Health Regulations to replace Disaster Management Regulations 23 Mar 2022 Disaster Management Regulations Update 17 Mar 2022 Blossom Care Solutions as a B-BBEE Partner 16 Mar 2022 Standard Industrial Classification Codes: Are you prepared? 10 Mar 2022 Medtech sector B-BBEE boost that gives the gift of purpose to our youth 10 Mar 2022 SAMED welcomes 18 A & 18 B Exemption for medical devices and IVDs 10 Mar 2022 NHI hearings: What are other healthcare stakeholders saying? 2 Mar 2022 2022 Budget Speech - Some points of interest 14 Feb 2022 SONA: The Health Sector implications 14 Feb 2022 SAMED's first CEO Forum was a great success 9 Feb 2022 SAHPRA three-year ISO 13485 exemption for medtech 26 Jan 2022 SIU issue final report into the corruption and maladministration of PPE procurement 19 Jan 2022 Leading the way to job creation one youth at a time 14 Jan 2022 2022: A glance at the quarter ahead 21 Dec 2021 SAMED's Advocacy pays off with a three-year extension on 18A & B exemption 21 Dec 2021 SAMED's Advocacy pays off with a three-year extension on 18A & B exemption 14 Dec 2021 SA Medical Technology Industry observes International Anti Corruption Day 14 Dec 2021 SAMED on ENCA: Tackling graft in the health sector 14 Dec 2021 SAMED on SABC News honouring anti-corruption day. 8 Dec 2021 Unmask corruption in the medtech sector 3 Dec 2021 2021 in a nutshell 3 Dec 2021 Mandatory or not? Vaccines for employees 2 Dec 2021 SAMED Members are making an impact on youth unemployment 25 Nov 2021 Resilient, adaptable and sustainable - Medtech with a mission 23 Nov 2021 Message from the SAMED Chair: Launch of the CEO Forum and CEO Challenge 16 Nov 2021 Give youth the gift of a future this festive season 10 Nov 2021 SAMED Members, signatories of the Code and Healthcare Professionals to be re-certified with online test 4 Nov 2021 SAMED in the News 27 Oct 2021 Novo Nordisk SA National Diabetes Data registry Project Initiation Workshop 27 Oct 2021 Pandemic moves role of MedTech sector front and centre 19 Oct 2021 Mediclinic and Life Healthcare mandate vaccination for staff and service providers 19 Oct 2021 SAMED 2021 Annual Conference off to a good start 6 Oct 2021 SAMED members said YES and created 140 youth work experiences 5 Oct 2021 SAMED members impacting youth unemployment 29 Sep 2021 Changes in the African regulatory landscape 29 Sep 2021 Recommended principles for medical device regulation in South Africa: SAMED position 29 Sep 2021 Market access and reimbursement of medtech in South Africa: Position and Guidance 22 Sep 2021 Call for comment: SAHPRA & the Health sector 22 Sep 2021 SAMED urges that steps be taken now to ensure pandemic preparedness in the future 15 Sep 2021 SAMED Position on the Procurement of Medical Technology 15 Sep 2021 Registrations for the SAMED 2021 Conference are officially open! 1 Sep 2021 Encourage vaccination to protect lives and livelihoods 25 Aug 2021 SAMED saddened at the tragic loss of Gauteng Health Official Babita Deokaran 25 Aug 2021 SAMED addresses key industry concerns in comment on the Medical Device Regulations 24 Aug 2021 Unrest experienced by SAMED Members 11 Aug 2021 POPI Frequently Asked Questions 3 Aug 2021 Inject your company with a B-BBEE boost - SAMED x YES partnership guides the way 2 Aug 2021 BSI ISO 13485 TRAINING - 15% Discount offered to SAMED members 20 Jul 2021 SAMED calls for a strengthening of the NHI Bill in address to the Portfolio Committee on Health 12 Jul 2021 Pressing the unmute button: Highlights of SAMED work last year 12 Jul 2021 Medical Device Code: Instrument for improving ethics in healthcare 7 Jul 2021 Vaccination registration for medical technology representatives in the clinical environment 30 Jun 2021 COVID update: Disaster Regulations, vaccine registration for over 50s and vaccine workplace policies 29 Jun 2021 Don’t be misled: POPIA is on track 22 Jun 2021 Revised COVID-19 Occupational Health and Safety direction for workplaces 22 Jun 2021 SAMED prepares for verbal presentation on NHI 15 Jun 2021 Update on SAMED’s and other stakeholders’ engagements with Parliament on NHI 15 Jun 2021 SAMED partners with youth employment and empowerment programme YES 31 May 2021 Making competition law serve the public good 18 May 2021 How the public health sector held up in 2020/21 14 May 2021 Transformation Mission Possible: Learning from company leaders 11 May 2021 Pandemic ignites intellectual property debate 4 May 2021 Will mass vaccination get out of starter blocks on 17 May? 28 Apr 2021 Relaxation of competition law increased access, reduced costs 20 Apr 2021 Funding on offer for localising production of imports 29 Mar 2021 Collective action for local medical device innovation 23 Mar 2021 SAMED urges government to fill gaps in Equity Bill 10 Mar 2021 Botswana medical device listing requirements: deadline 31 March 10 Mar 2021 SAMED submission on COVID-19 TERS Extension 10 Mar 2021 COVID-19 and the workplace 10 Feb 2021 SAMED welcomes arrival of COVID vaccine, supports national rollout 10 Feb 2021 Partners in Healthcare – always putting patients first 8 Feb 2021 ENCA interview: SAMED supports ethical procurement of medtech associated with the vaccine roll out 8 Feb 2021 SAMED interview with NewsRoom Africa on medtech's role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout 4 Feb 2021 Media Release: Medtech industry welcomes arrival of COVID vaccines and outlines its support for SA’s vaccine programme 13 Jan 2021 Amendments to Alert Level 3 Restrictions 8 Jan 2021 Council for Medical Schemes: Covid-19 vaccine and the medical schemes industry 8 Jan 2021 IVDR/MDR: EUDAMED Database 8 Jan 2021 Published SAHPRA Licence Fees 8 Jan 2021 Disaster management adjusted regulations 18 Dec 2020 Amendments to the Disaster Management Regulations: medtech impact 15 Dec 2020 Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital implements CRICE Programme 8 Dec 2020 Medical Device Code – vital instrument for self-regulation of the medtech industry 8 Dec 2020 Recover with integrity 2 Dec 2020 B4SA supports SMEs through #PayIn30 campaign 28 Oct 2020 Medtech in focus: value of medical technology in every stage of breast cancer 28 Oct 2020 Beware of fake OHSC emails forwarded to stakeholders 28 Oct 2020 SAHPRA: New office details 28 Oct 2020 SAMED 2020 conference: Partnering to shape healthcare and grow medtech 28 Oct 2020 SAMED Comment on Circular 57: Health Technology Assessments 19 Aug 2020 Corruption and PPE procurement: Moment to catapult value-based healthcare 19 Aug 2020 Restoring patient care: SAMED collaborates with health sector on safe return-to-procedure 19 Aug 2020 SAMED position on re-entry of medical representatives to health facilities 18 Aug 2020 SAMED Overviews the Medical Device Code of Ethical Marketing and Business Practice 14 Aug 2020 Medical Technology: Vigilance and Recall Regulatory Requirements 4 Aug 2020 SAMED condemns unethical procurement of medical technology 3 Aug 2020 Procurement of COVID-19 PPE and other supplies: Statement by medical technology industry on alleged fraud & corruption 3 Aug 2020 The do's and dont's of protecting personal information 28 Jul 2020 Contact at SAHPRA for both COVID-19 and other MedTech queries and applications 28 Jul 2020 SAHPRA updated and new documents on MedTech published 28 Jul 2020 Report companies trading without a Medical Device Establishment License 21 Jul 2020 Medical technology industry statement on COVID-19 testing 20 Jul 2020 SAHPRA: alternative regulatory and licencing requirements for certain alcohol based hand rubs 17 Jul 2020 COVID-19 and restoring patient care: an opportunity to transform SA’s health system 10 Jul 2020 COVID-19 and business sustainability: from immediate support to long-term opportunity 9 Jul 2020 SAMED outlines the Medical Device Code in A2 Trade Edition 9 Jul 2020 SAMED Public Procurement Bill submission 8 Jul 2020 Regulation regarding fees payable in terms of the provisions of Medicines and Related Substances Act 23 Jun 2020 SAMED Annual Report 2019/20 10 May 2020 Know your coronavirus mask: Highest safety, quality and efficacy standards essential for COVID-19 response 16 Apr 2020 Good clinical practice in sterile environments even more needed in a time of COVID-19 16 Apr 2020 Keeping abreast with the Public Procurement Bill 16 Apr 2020 In conversation with Christopher Mushwana, MD of Gladko Medical Supplies 16 Apr 2020 Mission possible: transformation 16 Apr 2020 Together we can #FlattenTheCurve and save lives 15 Apr 2020 Recent important and valuable communiques from SAHPRA 14 Apr 2020 New in compliance and ethical marketing and business practices 20 Mar 2020 Representative in Clinical Environment (CRICE) programme ensures safer theatre practice 2 Dec 2019 MedTech Insider 2019: Q4 2019: The year of elevated member and stakeholder liaison, inputs to policy and transformation 2 Dec 2019 MedTech Insider 2019: Q4 The journey towards National Health Insurance 2 Dec 2019 MedTech Inider 2019: Supplier workshop with GDOH deepens collaborations with the public sector 2 Dec 2019 MedTech Insider 2019: Q4 HMI report - addressing private health sector deficiencies 2 Dec 2019 MedTech Insider 2019: Q4 Taking quality management for SA medtech to the next level 10 Oct 2019 Navigating the changing healthcare landscape 1 Oct 2019 SAMED launches the Medical Device Code ethics hotline 1 Oct 2019 Pulling together on procurement to advance market access 1 Oct 2019 Licensing of companies and registration of medical devices on track
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