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The Pretoria high court gave the green light to allow pharmacists to prescribe medicine for HIV and tuberculosis patients. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/Alexander Raths
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Dis-Chem welcomes ruling pharmacists can prescribe medicine for HIV and TB patients

Dis-Chem has welcomed the Pretoria high court’s decision to allow pharmacists to manage and prescribe medicine for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) patients. The court this week gave the South African Pharmacy Council the green light to…

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The Competition Tribunal says Dis-Chem’s massive price increases of surgical masks were “utterly unreasonable and reprehensible.”Image: Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL
COMPETITION COMMISSION

Dis-Chem ordered to pay R1.2m fine for ‘reprehensible’ mask price hikes

The Competition Tribunal has fined Dis-Chem Pharmacies R1.2m after finding the company guilty of charging excessive prices for surgical face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its order and reasons, the tribunal found that Dis-Chem…

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