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The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority has approached the office of Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for clarification after she reportedly said she brought medication from Russia for ANC struggle stalwart Jessie Duarte. | pejames

The SA Health Products Regulatory Authority is engaging with Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu after reports that she brought medicine from Russia for ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte.News24 looked at the laws in place to control the importation of medicine. has approached the office of Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu for clarification after she reportedly said on Sunday that she brought medication from Russia for ANC struggle stalwart Jessie Duarte.

Semete added that Sahpra had a mechanism in place that authorises access to specific quantities of a product for a specific patient if a treating oncologist needs to secure an unregistered medicine for a patient.

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