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Doctors can now prescribe ivermectin as treatment for Covid-19 Share Pretoria - The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, finally issued an order yesterday allowing for medicine that contained ivermectin as an active ingredient to also be used for the treatment of Covid-19 if so prescribed by a doctor. This followed a settlement reached between civil rights organisation AfriForum and Pretoria East doctor George Coetzee in the fight for access to ivermectin. Judge Cassim Sardiwalla now formally made the settlement an order of court. This followed an agreement that was earlier reached between the applicants and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority for the compounding of, and access to, ivermectin. ....
Pharmacists add their voices to ivermectin campaign 02 March 2021 - 17:51 By Tania Broughton Police are clamping down on the illegal importation of unregistered medicines as doctors and pharmacists continue to petition the courts to give access to the drug. Image: SAPS A group of pharmacists have joined the legal chorus seeking to get blanket approval for the use of ivermectin, presently only registered in SA for veterinary and agricultural use, for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. The application by the eight pharmacists, who operate under the Pharma Valu chain of pharmacies, will be heard along with three others instituted by AfriForum, the ACDP and a group of 55 doctors callings themselves the “I can make a difference doctors and medical practitioners group” at the end of March. ....
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