List of Biotech, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences companies in South Africa - 7

With a 170-year heritage, Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets. We have approximately 9 100 employees at 69 established offices in over 50 countries and we improve the health of patients in more than 150 countries through our high quality, affordable medicines. Aspen focuses on marketing and manufacturing a broad range of post-patent, branded medicines and domestic brands covering both hospital and consumer markets through our key business segments. Our key business segments are Manufacturing and Commercial Pharmaceuticals comprising Regional Brands and Sterile Focus Brands. Our manufacturing capabilities cover a wide variety of product types including steriles, oral solid dose, liquids, semi-solids, biologicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. We operate 23 manufacturing facilities across 15 sites and we hold international manufacturing approvals from some of the most stringent global regulatory agencies including, among others, the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines.

Driven by the global need for improved in vitro diagnostics, BioTech Africa’s range of highly purified recombinant proteins is used in the manufacture of diagnostic test kits for point-of-care rapid diagnostics and in research institutions. We offer a variety of protein expression platforms, including bacteria, yeast, and mammalian cells, along with a host of other protein services, including protein refolding and structural biology analysis. With our proprietary technology, we are able to deliver highly stable and functionally active recombinant proteins. BioTech Africa - Eradicating disease through early and innovative diagnostics

Cape Biologix Technologies develops and manufactures plant-made, recombinant monoclonal proteins. We use our plants as single-use, biodegradable bioreactors to produce pharmaceutically relevant proteins for multiple uses across diagnostics, vaccines, or therapeutic applications. As you might have noticed, we LOVE plants. We love them so much in fact that we're on a mission to use plant biotechnology to improve the well-being of people, animals, and plants 💚 Feel free to reach out to us if you're like to connect.

Esse believes that a true partnership with professional therapists is essential in creating bespoke and sustainable skincare solutions with long-term benefits for our clients. The Esse product range is scientifically formulated for all skin types - with prebiotics, probiotics and active ingredients to create an environment on the skin that allows natural microbial diversity to return and thrive – resulting in younger and healthier looking skin.

Hyrax Biosciences isa DNA sequence analysis software company that simplifies sequence analysis.

Lifeassay Diagnostics (Pty) Ltd is a Cape Town-based manufacturer of medical devices, specialising in diagnostics. Whilst our main focus is to manufacture diagnostic tests for government and NGO procurement for the African continent, we are also well positioned to manufacture OEM products for private customers worldwide. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility is located in Cape Town, 15 minutes away from Cape Town International Airport. At present Life Assay has 2 manufacturing units – one dedicated to the manufacturing of urinalysis tests and another unit specializing in the manufacturing of lateral flow tests. Products: Typhoid lateral flow test (IgM) Leptospirosis lateral flow test (IgM) Brucella lateral flow test (IgM, human) Brucella lateral flow test (IgG, human) Brucella lateral flow test (IgTotal, bovine, cparine, porcine, ovine) Lipostix, Fatstix - tests for fat-burning & weight loss Sportstix - tests for all who train, exercise and involved with sport; athletes

Mayne Pharma is an ASX-listed specialty pharmaceutical Company (ASX: MYX) focused on commercializing novel and generic pharmaceuticals. We offer patients better, safe and more accessible medicines. Mayne Pharma has a 40-year track record of innovation and success in developing oral drug delivery systems. These technologies have been successfully commercialized in numerous products that continue to be marketed around the world. Mayne Pharma also has a full service contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMO) servicing clients worldwide: Mayne Contract Services is based in Salisbury, SA, Australia Here are some key facts about our company: • 400+ staff • A$500m+ market cap • A$400m+ in revenue (FY22) • A product portfolio of 90+ marketed products globally The Company's corporate values are: • Empowerment – encouraging everyone to take initiative, enabling growth and achievement. • Passion – showing pride, enthusiasm and dedication in everything we do. • Creativity – delivering value and striving to connect new ideas with business realities. • Agility – operating with timeliness as well as mental, emotional and physical flexibility. • Integrity – maintaining high ethical standards, demonstrating honesty, and respecting fairness by doing the right thing, even when no one is looking. • Accountability – accepting our individual and team responsibilities, meeting our commitments, and acknowledging and learning from mistakes. To learn more, visit us at www.maynepharma.com. Our social media policy: https://bit.ly/3py3L1e Any communication you receive from Mayne Pharma will never come from a personal email domain or chat service such as "gmail" or "Google Chat". All official communication from Mayne Pharma will be received from our company email domain - @maynepharma.com.