{"id":638275,"date":"2026-10-22T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638275\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:56:10","slug":"court-strikes-down-r13bn-hiv-pill-tender-that-shut-out-cipla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638275\/","title":{"rendered":"Court strikes down R13bn HIV pill tender that shut out Cipla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gettyimages-2252566094.jpeg\" alt=\"The Department of Health has been ordered to reconsider the split of a R12.6 billion tender for SA\u2019s once-a-day antiretroviral pill after concluding one major manufacturer was \u2018arbitrarily\u2019 excluded on price.\" height=\"766\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Department of Health has been ordered to reconsider the split of a R12.6 billion tender for SA\u2019s once-a-day antiretroviral pill after concluding one major manufacturer was \u2018arbitrarily\u2019 excluded on price.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Nadzeya Haroshka\/Getty Images\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Health has been ordered to reconsider the split of a R12.6 billion tender for SA\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[312944,138,46158,8556,10411,219,134,22456,47980,20371,26799,6036,256,524,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-638275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-arvs","tag-business","tag-cipla","tag-companies","tag-department-of-health","tag-economy","tag-health","tag-hiv-treatment","tag-hiv-aids","tag-international-news","tag-jse","tag-know","tag-local-news","tag-medication","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}