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Aspen records 45% increase in HEPS Johannesburg – JSE listed Aspen (Apn), Africa’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, has recorded impressive interim results for the period ended December 2005. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) increased 45 percent to 86.3 cents (59.4 cents). Revenue increased by 27 percent to R1,687 billion (R1.4 billion). Operating profit rose 34 percent…

JSE listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited, Africa’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer and the largest generic manufacturer in the southern hemisphere, has signed a non-exclusive license and technology transfer collaboration agreement with New York based Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for the manufacture and distribution of a generic version of Atazanavir, a new generation anti-retroviral (ARV). BMS selected Aspen…

Former President Clinton Announces New Agreements to Lower Prices of HIV/AIDS Rapid Tests and Second-Line Drugs Agreements with Nine Companies Will Lower Prices of HIV Diagnosis and Two HIV/AIDS Medicines by 30-50 Percent for 50 Countries Clinton Also Confirms that Nearly a Quarter-Million People Living with HIV are Benefiting from First-Line HIV/AIDS Drug Agreements his…

JSE listed Aspen Pharmacare, Africa’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer and the leading global player in generic anti-retrovirals (ARVs), earlier today opened a R1 million wellness centre in the Eastern Cape. Through a public-private partnership, Aspen’s investment in the establishment of the Wells Estate Wellness Centre will enhance the primary healthcare services at the Nelson Mandela Bay…

JSE listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited and Lupin Limited of India have entered into an agreement to collaborate in the tuberculosis (TB) related products market in South Africa. The agreement involves cooperation in the areas of technology, manufacture and marketing. Stephen Saad, Aspen Group Chief Executive said, “the agreement enhances South Africa and Aspen’s ability…

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited (Aspen) has signed definitive joint venture (JV) agreements with Indian-based Matrix Laboratories Limited (Matrix). The deals strengthen Aspen’s vertical integration into the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), the key raw materials required in the manufacture of finished dosage form pharmaceuticals including anti-retrovirals (ARVs), and they unlock additional global supply and…