Rates - Effective 1 March 2025

 

Service Rate Excluding VAT VAT 15% Rate Including VAT
Internal Review Non-Compliance R2,173.91 R326.09 R2,500.00
New Clinical Trial Application (including Platform or Master Protocols) – Includes 5 sites with investigators R30,434.78 R4,565.22 R35,000.00
More than 5 sites with initial application     R200.00 per additional site
Device Trial Application R30,434.78 R4,565.22 R35,500.00
Post Marketing Survey / Registry/ Observational Research / Epidemiological Research / Exploratory Research/ Non-Interventional Research / Environmental Research / Health and Social Care Services Research R21,739.13 R3,260.87 R25,000.00
Complimentary Medicines/Cosmetics Research R21,739.13 R3,260.87 R25,000.00
Data Analysis R13,043.48 R1,956.25 R15,000.00
Genetics / Sub-Study R5,913.00 R886.96 R6,800.00
Student Applications R8,695.65 R1,304.35 R10,000.00
Major Amendment R13,043.48 R1,956.52 R15,000.00
Minor Amendment R4,347.83 R652.17 R5,000.00
Annual Re-Approval R10,869.00 R1,630.43 R12,500.00
Sub-Protocol / Cohort to Platform Applications (per protocol/cohort) R1,739.13 R260.87 R2,000.00
Additional Investigators after initial approval     R250.00 per additional investigator
Amended Informed Consent Documents (non-administrative) R652.17 R97.83 R750.00
Active Site Monitoring R1200 p/p, p/h to a maximum of 20 hours and 2 reviewers (VAT incl.)--

NDoH 2024 South African Ethics Guidelines training – Refer to the Pharma-Ethics website for more details

Pharma-Ethics reserves the right to delay feedback on submissions that do not meet the submission requirements

Included with the initial application fee: Processing and reviewing of Adverse Drug Reactions, Progress Reports, Safety Reports, General Correspondence, Passive Monitoring

An administrative fee of R 50.00 will be charged for re-sending documents.

Withdrawal of applications after submission but before meetings will be charged for costs incurred and a 10 % handling fee


Please note:
• Pharma-Ethics reserves the right to withhold approval letters and correspondence until payment is received.

• Purchase Orders (where applicable) must be provided with the application.

• Please quote protocol number/invoice number as reference on electronic payments and e-mail proof of payment to accounts@medpharm.co.za

• Application forms must indicate VAT numbers and details of the company responsible for the account.

• For account queries, please e-mail Ineke Vermeulen: accounts@medpharm.co.za