JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa will almost triple the number of workers at its drugs regulator in the next 3-5 years, a consultant said on Tuesday, as part of broader plans to slash long drawn-out registration timelines to as little as six months. The Medicines Control Council (MCC) takes as long as 5 years to get drugs on the pharmacy shelves, eating into the profits of local drug makers and denying timely access to cheaper, more effective medicines to the nation’s sick. …

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