# The Department of Health has accused the organisation Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa of misleading Parliament about the reasons behind the recent job losses in the sector. Last week, Pharmisa told Parliament that the department’s focus on price was squeezing local drug manufacturers out of crucial medicine tenders, trigging the loss of two-thousand-500 jobs in the past 18 months. The department says Pharmisa has failed to take into account the critical market developments putting pressure on manufacturers, such as more stringent regulatory requirements.
Health Department criticises a pharmaceutical association over ‘distorted’ claims of its procurement processes