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Ivermectin battle continues as health body to challenge court order
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Cape Town – The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) said it would appeal the part of a high court order requiring it to report back every three months regarding access to ivermectin for use as a treatment in Covid-19 patients.
This follows a victory for several parties including the ACDP, Doctors for Life, “I Can Make a Difference” group of medical practitioners, AfriForum and others in the Pretoria High Court when Judge Cassim Sardiwalla ordered that ivermectin be made available and accessible on prescription in regulated quantities.
The court order was as a result of settlement agreements reached between Sahpra, the Minister of Health and the applicants in four cases.
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A court challenge aimed at legalising the use of ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19 and giving doctors unfettered discretion on how to administer it has been settled.
The North Gauteng high court application was launched by GP Dr George Coetzee, two of his patients, and Afriforum “in the public interest”. They claimed the drug not registered in South Africa for human use “may well be the wonder drug that can save the nation”.
And they wanted a judge to force the South Africa Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to declare it a “safe drug”, subject to it being properly administered by a medical practitioner.