The Pharmaceutical Industry in South Africa 2023 – Profiles of 120+ Companies Including Aspen Pharmacare, Adcock Ingram, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Clicks, Dis-Chem & Nativa – ResearchAndMarkets.com

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More than 80% of South African pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution revenue is from the private sector. State purchases of pharmaceuticals are declining, and manufacturers’ margins are under pressure due to low regulated price increases for scheduled pharmaceuticals in a high inflation environment.

In the retail sector Clicks and Dis-Chem have wholesale volume advantages and an ever-increasing footprint. Consumer spending patterns have forced consolidation in the retail sector, the growth of private label sales, growth in convenience formats, and diversification into new services and products. There has been a flurry of investments in localising vaccine raw material and finished dose manufacturing, although the sustainability of these initiatives is far from secure.

Key Opportunities

Cannabis cultivation, processing and medical product manufacturing

Rapid growth in generic sales making medicine more affordable

Strong R&D and advanced manufacturing capabilities may attract investment

Challenges

Growing concentration of wholesale and retail pharmacy supply.

Low regulated medicine price increases in the context of high international inflation.

Poor economic growth constraining consumer spending on healthcare.

Reduced government budgets for medicines restricting local opportunities in the face of cheaper international competition.

South Africa’s dependence on imported active ingredients. Sustaining local vaccine manufacturing in the face of declining demand.

Trends

A shift from reactive medicine to preventative healthcare resulting in demand for immunity-building vitamins, tonics, minerals and supplements.

Focus on research and development, particularly drugs and therapies targeting COVID-19, HIV/Aids, TB, malaria, cancer, and chronic diseases.

Growing pressure on pharmaceutical companies to improve access to healthcare by making medicines more affordable.

Increased focus on localisation, including local sourcing of inputs and the development of local manufacturing capacity.

Recovery of demand as elective surgery and procedures and illnesses such as flu return to pre-pandemic patterns.

Small community pharmacies are finding it difficult to compete with large retail businesses.

Outlook

The pharmaceutical industry is well developed and supported by strong R&D and advanced manufacturing capabilities, including biotechnology manufacturing facilities. The Department of Health’s affordable medicines programme has been instrumental in lowering scheduled pharmaceutical prices, particularly in the public sector. Investments in vaccine manufacture have begun to address South Africa’s exposure to vulnerabilities and dependence on active pharmaceutical ingredient and vaccine imports. These investments have strengthened South Africa’s position as the hub for sub-Saharan African pharmaceutical research, development, and supply.

However, vaccine demand has dropped and doses are being donated to African countries. Margin pressure is expected to grow as the economy remains poor and restraints on consumer spending intensify. The implementation of the National Health Insurance is likely to put further pressure on manufacturers and wholesalers to reduce medicine prices.

Report Coverage

This report on the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa provides comprehensive information on the manufacturing, wholesale and retail subsectors, price regulation, medical cannabis, market shares, notable multinational and local players and corporate actions.

There are profiles of 128 companies including local dominant players Aspen Pharmacare and Adcock Ingram, multinationals such as Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer and retailers Clicks and Dis-Chem and other players such as Nativa.

COMPANY PROFILES

Abbott Laboratories South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Acino Healthcare Group (Pty) Ltd

Adcock Ingram Holdings Ltd

African Medicines (Pty) Ltd

Afrigen Biologics (Pty) Ltd

Afriplex (Pty) Ltd

AIM Africa

Alpha Pharm (Pty) Ltd

Amka Products (Pty) Ltd

Amway South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Arrie Nel Pharmacy Group (Pty) Ltd

Ascendis Health Ltd

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd

Astellas Pharma (Pty) Ltd

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Aurobindo Pharma (Pty) Ltd

Austell Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

B Braun Medical (Pty) Ltd

Barrs Pharmaceuticals Industries (Pty) Ltd

Baxter Healthcare South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Bayer (Pty) Ltd

Becton Dickinson (Pty) Ltd

Bio Earth Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd

Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd (The)

Bitek Industries (Pty) Ltd

California Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Caprichem (Pty) Ltd

Chemical Convertors (Pty) Ltd

Chemtron Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Cilo Cybin Pharmaceutical (Pty) Ltd

Cipla Medpro South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Columbia Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

CoMED Health (Pty) Ltd

Deon Schoeman CC

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Ltd

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (Pty) Ltd

DSV Solutions (Pty) Ltd

Dynachem (Pty) Ltd

Ecolab (Pty) Ltd

Eli Lilly (S A) (Pty) Ltd

Evohealth (Pty) Ltd

Felbridge (Pty) Ltd

Ferring (Pty) Ltd

Forever Living Products South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Fresenius Kabi Manufacturing SA (Pty) Ltd

Fresenius Kabi South Africa (Pty) Ltd

G M Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

GlaxoSmithKline South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Goodleaf Company (Pty) Ltd (The)

Gulf Drug Company (Pty) Ltd

H H Durrheim (Pty) Ltd

Herba Zone (Pty) Ltd

Herbalife International South Africa Ltd

Hersol Manufacturing Laboratories (Pty) Ltd

Hymed (Pty) Ltd

IMBC Investment (Pty) Ltd

iMvula Healthcare Logistics (Pty) Ltd

Infection Protection Products (Pty) Ltd

Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Iszipharm Pharmaceutical Distributors (Pty) Ltd

Joe Soap CC

Johnson and Johnson (Pty) Ltd

Kellogg Company of South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Kevali Chemical Group (Pty) Ltd

Lakato (Pty) Ltd

Leaf Botanicals (Pty) Ltd

MedCan (Pty) Ltd

Medichem (Pty) Ltd

Mega Magic CC

Merck (Pty) Ltd

MSD (Pty) Ltd

National Bioproducts Institute NPC

Nativa (Pty) Ltd

NeoLife International (Pty) Ltd

Nestle (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd

Netcare Pharmacies (Pty) Ltd

Netcare Pharmacies 2 (Pty) Ltd

New Clicks South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Nkunzi Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Novartis South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Omnia Holdings Ltd

Organon South Africa (Pty) Ltd

P and G South African Trading (Pty) Ltd

Parceval (Pty) Ltd

Pfizer Laboratories (Pty) Ltd

Pharma Dynamics (Pty) Ltd

Pharmaceutical Enterprises (Pty) Ltd

Pharmacy Direct (Pty) Ltd

Pharmacyweb Holdings (Pty) Ltd

PharmaForce (Pty) Ltd

Pharmed Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd

Platchem (Pty) Ltd

Prime Cleaning Suppliers (Pty) Ltd

Ranbaxy (S A) (Pty) Ltd

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Releaf Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

Richbay Chemicals (Pty) Ltd

Roche Products (Pty) Ltd

S A F I C (Pty) Ltd

S A Natural Products (Pty) Ltd

S Buys (Pty) Ltd

Safarmex (Pty) Ltd

Safety Chemicals (Pty) Ltd

Sandoz South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Sanofi Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Sanofi-Aventis South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Shoprite Holdings Ltd

Solgar South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Sonke Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Ltd (The)

SPAR Group Ltd (The)

Specialised Maintenance Products (Pty) Ltd

Specpharm Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Spectank (Pty) Ltd

Tevo (Pty) Ltd

Tiger Brands Ltd

Topmed Health Care Distributors (Pty) Ltd

Touchless Germ Control Western Cape CC

Transpharm (Pty) Ltd

Unilever South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Viatris South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Vital Health Foods (Pty) Ltd

Waco Africa (Pty) Ltd

Wellness Warehouse (Pty) Ltd

Woolworths Holdings Ltd

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