#InsideTheBox | In his latest column for Spotlight, Dr Andy Gray unpacks the legal background and the current state of the still unfolding regulatory saga surrounding complementary and alternative medicines.
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Inside The Box with Dr Andy Gray | Are complementary medicines effectively regulated in South Africa?
The regulation of complementary and alternative medicines in South Africa has been hotly contested in recent decades, including in court rooms. In his latest column for Spotlight, Dr Andy Gray unpacks...
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August 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
#InsideTheBox | In his latest column for Spotlight, Dr Andy Gray unpacks the legal background and the current state of the still unfolding regulatory saga surrounding complementary and alternative medicines.
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Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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August 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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#InsideTheBox | In his latest column Dr Andy Gray unpacks the background and contested elements surrounding a recent "crackdown" by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority on a compounding pharmacy for alleged regulatory non-compliance.
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Inside The Box with Dr Andy Gray | How should the compounding of medicines be regulated?
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, with the South African Pharmacy Council, recently announced what was described as a crackdown on a compounding pharmacy. They allege “critical r...
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June 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
#InsideTheBox | In his latest column Dr Andy Gray unpacks the background and contested elements surrounding a recent "crackdown" by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority on a compounding pharmacy for alleged regulatory non-compliance.
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#InsideTheBox | In his regular Spotlight column, Dr Andy Gray explores key issues affecting South Africa’s healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. Take a look at some of his recent columns: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/special-inve...
May 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
#InsideTheBox | In his regular Spotlight column, Dr Andy Gray explores key issues affecting South Africa’s healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. Take a look at some of his recent columns: www.spotlightnsp.co.za/special-inve...
Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
April 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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#InsideTheBox | The sale of illegal medicines is a significant threat to public safety. Does the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority have the necessary tools to provide protection in this area, asks Dr Andy Gray in his latest column.
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Inside The Box with Dr Andy Gray | Are there appropriate sanctions for non-compliance with medicines legislation in South Africa?
The sale of illegal medicines is a significant threat to public safety. In his latest Inside The Box column, Dr Andy Gray asks whether the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has the ne...
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March 31, 2026 at 10:48 AM
#InsideTheBox | The sale of illegal medicines is a significant threat to public safety. Does the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority have the necessary tools to provide protection in this area, asks Dr Andy Gray in his latest column.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/03/31/i...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2026/03/31/i...
Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev...
#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
March 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Meeting planners routinely define a creative event as novel decor/venues/food & beverage. We are biased against truly creative event design.
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#meetings #EventDesign #CreativeDesign #InsideTheBox #novelty #creativity #eventprofs
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#InsideTheBox | Medicine pricing is a good example of the deficiencies in the National Drug Policy, which has never been revised since it was first issued in 1996, writes Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight.
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Inside the box with Dr Andy Gray | How medicines pricing works in SA and how it might change in future
In South Africa, as in many places, pharmaceutical companies are not free to change medicine prices as they wish. In his latest Inside The Box column, Dr Andy Gray unpacks how medicines prices are reg...
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February 12, 2026 at 5:40 AM
#InsideTheBox | Medicine pricing is a good example of the deficiencies in the National Drug Policy, which has never been revised since it was first issued in 1996, writes Dr Andy Gray for Spotlight.
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December 10th!! Guess who’s the present this year? 😉🎀 Spoiler: it’s me.
What’s on your wishlist this holiday season? Share your dreams! 👇
#OsakaGirl #YumiYenZen #InsideTheBox #HolidayVibes #GiftGoals #JapaneseAesthetic
What’s on your wishlist this holiday season? Share your dreams! 👇
#OsakaGirl #YumiYenZen #InsideTheBox #HolidayVibes #GiftGoals #JapaneseAesthetic
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
December 10th!! Guess who’s the present this year? 😉🎀 Spoiler: it’s me.
What’s on your wishlist this holiday season? Share your dreams! 👇
#OsakaGirl #YumiYenZen #InsideTheBox #HolidayVibes #GiftGoals #JapaneseAesthetic
What’s on your wishlist this holiday season? Share your dreams! 👇
#OsakaGirl #YumiYenZen #InsideTheBox #HolidayVibes #GiftGoals #JapaneseAesthetic
There has been much confusion and misunderstandings about how cannabis and associated products are regulated in South Africa. Dr Andy Gray clearly sets out the current legal and regulatory situation and where we’re heading.
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#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | Where are we on the road to more coherent cannabis regulation?
There has been much confusion and misunderstandings about how cannabis and associated products are regulated in South Africa, with government’s own missteps adding to the uncertainty. In his last #Ins...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
There has been much confusion and misunderstandings about how cannabis and associated products are regulated in South Africa. Dr Andy Gray clearly sets out the current legal and regulatory situation and where we’re heading.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/12/03/i...
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One of the rallying cries of patient and community-based organisations is “nothing about us, without us”. The “patient voice” is, however, not always heard in medicines selection or medicines regulation, writes Dr Andy Gray in his latest #InsideTheBox column.
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#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | Public participation in medicines selection and regulation – lacking?
In several countries, the public is given an opportunity to share their views with regulators before new medicines are registered or to engage with those choosing essential medicines. In South Africa,...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One of the rallying cries of patient and community-based organisations is “nothing about us, without us”. The “patient voice” is, however, not always heard in medicines selection or medicines regulation, writes Dr Andy Gray in his latest #InsideTheBox column.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/10/09/i...
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W. S. Di Piero's Inside the Box available now: ueplit.short.gy/InsidetheBox
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
W. S. Di Piero's Inside the Box available now: ueplit.short.gy/InsidetheBox
#BadPoet A Narrative Poem
#Poetry #HereticThereATac #Storytelling #InsideTheBox
Short Thread - 1/4 <—
“Serpent’s Tale”
Let’s say
the serpent’s tongue was true,
“That fruit will make
the god in you.”
A spark was struck,
the garden swayed,
And innocence
dissolved, decayed.
#Poetry #HereticThereATac #Storytelling #InsideTheBox
Short Thread - 1/4 <—
“Serpent’s Tale”
Let’s say
the serpent’s tongue was true,
“That fruit will make
the god in you.”
A spark was struck,
the garden swayed,
And innocence
dissolved, decayed.
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#BadPoet A Narrative Poem
#Poetry #HereticThereATac #Storytelling #InsideTheBox
Short Thread - 1/4 <—
“Serpent’s Tale”
Let’s say
the serpent’s tongue was true,
“That fruit will make
the god in you.”
A spark was struck,
the garden swayed,
And innocence
dissolved, decayed.
#Poetry #HereticThereATac #Storytelling #InsideTheBox
Short Thread - 1/4 <—
“Serpent’s Tale”
Let’s say
the serpent’s tongue was true,
“That fruit will make
the god in you.”
A spark was struck,
the garden swayed,
And innocence
dissolved, decayed.
Featuring prose from over 30 years of W. S. Di Piero's work, Inside the Box reveals an artist's mind at work: restless, probing, generous in attention to both high culture and street-corner wisdom. Inside the Box is a record of life lived in passionate search of meaning. ueplit.short.gy/InsidetheBox
September 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Featuring prose from over 30 years of W. S. Di Piero's work, Inside the Box reveals an artist's mind at work: restless, probing, generous in attention to both high culture and street-corner wisdom. Inside the Box is a record of life lived in passionate search of meaning. ueplit.short.gy/InsidetheBox
In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray explains how reliance mechanisms can help regulators make decisions more quickly and efficiently, and digs into the details of how South Africa can make the most of these mechanisms.
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#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | How could more efficient use of reliance improve access to quality, affordable medicines?
Rather than trying to do everything from scratch, medicines regulators from different countries are increasingly sharing the load between them by ‘relying’ on each other’s work. In his latest #InsideT...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray explains how reliance mechanisms can help regulators make decisions more quickly and efficiently, and digs into the details of how South Africa can make the most of these mechanisms.
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www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/08/25/i...
For more than 20 years, the law has required that the minister of health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers what this means for the marketing of medicine...
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED: InsideTheBox: Should pharmaceutical advertising in SA be better regulated, and why?
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July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For more than 20 years, the law has required that the minister of health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers what this means for the marketing of medicine...
For more than 20 years, the law has required that the minister of health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers what this means for the marketing of medicine...
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED: InsideTheBox: Should pharmaceutical advertising in SA be better regulated, and why?
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July 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For more than 20 years, the law has required that the minister of health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers what this means for the marketing of medicine...
Anyone who has travelled to the US will have been struck by the extent to which medicines are advertised on television. The situation in South Africa is quite different, writes Dr Andy Gray in his latest #InsideTheBox column.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/07/28/i...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/07/28/i...
#InsideTheBox with Dr Andy Gray | Should pharmaceutical advertising in SA be better regulated, and why?
For over 20 years, the law has required that the Minister of Health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his lates...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Anyone who has travelled to the US will have been struck by the extent to which medicines are advertised on television. The situation in South Africa is quite different, writes Dr Andy Gray in his latest #InsideTheBox column.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/07/28/i...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/07/28/i...
It is easy to claim one is ‘following the scientific evidence’, but what does it mean to actually do so? In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers how evidence-based health policy and guidelines can and should be made.
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED: How can we tell if health policies or guidelines are truly evidence-based?
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June 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It is easy to claim one is ‘following the scientific evidence’, but what does it mean to actually do so? In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers how evidence-based health policy and guidelines can and should be made.
It is easy to claim one is ‘following the scientific evidence’, but what does it mean to actually do so? In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers how evidence-based health policy and guidelines can and should be made.
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED: How can we tell if health policies or guidelines are truly evidence-based?
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It is easy to claim one is ‘following the scientific evidence’, but what does it mean to actually do so? In his latest #InsideTheBox column, Dr Andy Gray considers how evidence-based health policy and guidelines can and should be made.