News - SAMED

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

Healthcare professional with infant patient

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