Notebook

Notes.

Essays on life sciences, regulation and related subjects.

Healthcare

Why African rare disease is a market, not a mission

Access pathways for rare disease treatment in African markets are commercial as well as clinical questions.

June 2026 · 4 min
Regulation

Section 21 and the architecture of access

South Africa's named-patient (Section 21) route sets the practical conditions under which unregistered medicines reach patients.

May 2026 · 4 min
Business

Notes on building a laboratory company

Notes from Veltrion Laboratories on regulated, infrastructure-heavy businesses in African healthcare.

April 2026 · 4 min
Regulation

The real cost of SAHPRA delays

SAHPRA registration delay measured as cost to the sponsor, not only as elapsed months.

March 2026 · 1 min
Healthcare

Africa is not one market

Why treating Africa as one market is expensive for foreign operators, and what changes when that assumption is dropped.

March 2026 · 1 min