SAHPRA Regulatory Monitor — Apify Actor

Monitors the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for safety alerts, drug recalls, regulatory changes, and public notices. Designed for pharma compliance, regulatory affairs, and competitive intelligence teams.

Quick Start

1. Run with defaults — click "Run". The actor checks all 6 SAHPRA pages on each execution.
2. First run outputs all current items as "new" (acts as baseline)
3. Subsequent runs only output new or changed items (change detection via SHA256 hash)
4. Get structured JSON via Apify API — integrate into any compliance workflow

Sources Monitored

Source	URL	Category
Safety Alerts	https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-alerts/	Safety signals, drug interactions
Product Recalls	https://www.sahpra.org.za/product-recalls/	Recall notices
Latest News	https://www.sahpra.org.za/latest-news-updates/	Regulatory updates
Communication to Industry	https://www.sahpra.org.za/communication-to-industry/	Industry guidance
Documents for Comments	https://www.sahpra.org.za/documents-for-comments/	Draft regulations (includes deadlines)
Safety Information	https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-information-and-updates/	Safety updates

Output Schema

Each alert item:

{
  "source": "safety_alerts | product_recalls | news | industry_comm | documents_for_comment | safety_info",
  "title": "Warfarin and Tramadol – Harmful Drug-Drug Interaction",
  "url": "https://www.sahpra.org.za/safety-alerts/...",
  "published_date": "2025-06-06",
  "detected_date": "2026-07-04T14:00:00Z",
  "summary": "SAHPRA informs healthcare professionals...",
  "category": "safety_signal | recall | regulatory_change | public_comment",
  "products_affected": [],
  "is_new": true,
  "change_type": "new | update"
}

Pricing

• Pay-per-event: $0.005 per alert item
• Rental: $19/month (includes daily scheduled runs)

Output Notes

• Domain consistency: Most sources return sahpra.org.za URLs. The documents_for_comment source links to sahpraza.sharepoint.com (SharePoint) — published by SAHPRA as their document management endpoint.
• Products field: products_affected extracted from item titles. Recall notices use the full product name; safety alerts use individual medicine names.
• Item ID: 16-character hex id derived from URL + title. Stable across runs for deduplication.

Who Is This For?

• Pharma companies — monitor competitor registration activity, recall alerts
• Regulatory affairs teams — get notified when SAHPRA opens public comment periods
• Compliance officers — track safety signals and medicine interactions
• Generics manufacturers — watch for regulatory changes affecting product pipelines

Deployment

Deployed on Apify Cloud. Requires Apify account.

npm install -g apify-cli
apify login
apify push

License

Proprietary — Medicaputare (Pty) Ltd