Opportunity for aspiring researchers to gain cGCP skills
South Africa is recognised internationally as meeting the required ethical and regulatory standards of good clinical practice and as a result, South Africa attracts a good proportion of the multi-centre clinical trial work that is used to obtain registration of new medicines. This creates the need and opportunity to build capacity for more trained health professionals to participate in clinical research, particularly researchers who are representative of the demographics of our country.
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Zimbabwe indaba shows pull of frontier markets
Broad international investor participation in the Imara Group’s second annual Zimbabwe investment conference confirms the growing pull of Africa’s ‘frontier markets’, say the upbeat organisers.
Leading international fund managers have confirmed their attendance at the event in Harare on June 7 and 8, says Sean Gammon, MD of Harare-based Imara Capital Zimbabwe.
Africa, EU discuss increased cooperation in science and technology
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is hosting a stakeholders’ meeting in conjunction with a Europe-Africa science and technology cooperation network.
The Network for the Coordination and Advancement of Sub-Saharan Africa-EU Science and Technology Cooperation (CAAST-Net) will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Durban on 17 May.
BASF to present at SA Green Building Conference 2010
One of the key drivers of success in the construction industry is a thorough grasp of its trends, challenges, and demands. This is particularly important in the current economic climate, and it is those who recognize opportunities, and act upon them, that will emerge as industry leaders.
DST hosts workshop for women scientists in SADC
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) in partnership with the SADC Secretariat is hosting a workshop aimed at enhancing women’s participation in the development of Africa through science and technology.
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BASF to showcase Biopharmaceutic and Pharmaceutical Technology in Malta
BASF is to showcase its wide product range of innovative excipients at the 7th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutic and Pharmaceutical Technology from March 8 -11, 2010, in La Valetta, Malta. With two new products, Soluplus® and Kollicoat® IR Coating Systems, BASF has broadened its extensive portfolio for customers of the pharma industry again.
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Changes and Dangers in Labour Law
Business seminar presented by Ivan Israelstam.
Date: 12 March 2010
Where: Johannesburg
Presenter: lvan lsraelstam, CEO of Labour Law Management Consulting.
ManufacturingHub.co.za adds business travel resource
ManufacturingHub.co.za has added a business travel support tool for professionals in the South African Food, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Cosmetic Manufacturing industries.
Entrepreneur event: Bootstrapping for SME’s
Gauteng based entrepreneur support initiative Rival Pioneers is hosting a workshop to assist start-up entrepreneurs navigate the maze of bootstrapping their small business.
While some people may be fortunate enough to have the savvy to raise funding from banks, venture capitalists and angel investors most start-up entrepreneurs are going to have to do it the hard-way: Bootstrapping.
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Next Generation warehousing storage and planning
When: 18 – 19 March 2010
Where: Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg , South Africa
Warehousing and physical distribution practices are changing dramatically. New approaches and methods offer opportunities to cut costs substantially while improving overall operations. In addition, many organisations are now focusing on the impact of warehousing costs on their bottom line and are trying bring warehouse operations more closely in line within their operational objectives
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