Pharma Dynamics – South African trademarks
Updated 8 November 2026
Pharma Dynamics is a South African pharmaceutical company that supplies generic medicines, particularly for heart, central nervous system and chronic conditions.
How Pharma Dynamics has built and protected its brands in South Africa – its trademark portfolio, where it expanded, how quickly its marks are registered, and who it competes with.
Download report (PDF)Pharma Dynamics trademarks in 45 seconds
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A portfolio built over time
Pharma Dynamics filed its first South African trademark in 1984 and has filed 348 since; its busiest year was 2006, with 37 new filings. The chart shows its filings per year from 1970.
Trademarks by filing year, up to 2024; applications still pending are not included.
The names behind the portfolio
Over the years the group has filed under several names – earlier company names, holding companies and subsidiaries. We count them together.
| Name | Marks | Filing years |
|---|---|---|
| Pharma Dynamics | 358 | 1984–2025 |
Where Pharma Dynamics expanded its business
Trademark classes show what a business sells. Pharma Dynamics' portfolio is concentrated in pharmaceuticals (class 5), medical & beauty care (class 44), advertising & retail (class 35). Its most recent moves were into electronics & software (2012), tech & it services (2012), paper & print (2012).
Pharma Dynamics trademarks: expansion into trademark classes, 1970–2025
Watch the video on its own page, with transcript – https://snz.co.za/trademark-country-selection-direct/pharma-dynamics-south-african-trademarks/class-expansion-video.html
Each tile is a class; it lights up when the group first files in it and darkens with more filings; the dots show how many of its closest rivals also file in that class. The chart compares the number of classes used with its rivals. The video runs from 1970; classes entered earlier are lit from the start.
| Class | Marks | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Pharmaceuticals | 302 | 86.8% | 1993 |
| 44 Medical & beauty care | 17 | 4.9% | 2004 |
| 35 Advertising & retail | 14 | 4.0% | 2001 |
| 41 Education & entertainment | 5 | 1.4% | 2006 |
| 9 Electronics & software | 3 | 0.9% | 2012 |
| 42 Tech & IT services | 3 | 0.9% | 2012 |
| 3 Cosmetics & cleaning | 1 | 0.3% | 2005 |
| 16 Paper & print | 1 | 0.3% | 2012 |
The brands Pharma Dynamics protects most
The word marks and logo names Pharma Dynamics has filed most often – the same brand filed in more classes, in more versions or again over the years.
| # | Brand | Trademarks | Classes | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DYNAMIC HEALTH PROGRAMME | 7 | 4 | 2006–2006 |
| 2 | NATURAL SHOPPE (THE) | 6 | 3 | 2005–2006 |
| 3 | DISPENSING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS | 5 | 5 | 2012–2012 |
| 4 | DYNAMIC HEALTH | 4 | 4 | 2006–2006 |
| 5 | DYNAMIC HEALTH BETTER HEALTH, MADE SIMPLE... | 4 | 4 | 2006–2006 |
| 6 | PHARMA DYNAMICS CNS WINDOW OF HOPE | 4 | 4 | 2007–2007 |
| 7 | PHARMA DYNAMICS | 4 | 2 | 2001–2004 |
| 8 | ALLERGY EXPERT (THE) | 3 | 3 | 2011–2011 |
| 9 | BUGWISE | 3 | 3 | 2017–2017 |
| 10 | CARDIO SMART | 3 | 3 | 2011–2011 |
| 11 | DISEASE MANAGEMENT PARTNERS | 3 | 3 | 2005–2005 |
| 12 | MYDYNAMICS | 3 | 3 | 2021–2021 |
| 13 | ALLERGENICS | 2 | 2 | 2005–2005 |
| 14 | OTC | 2 | 2 | 2011–2011 |
| 15 | PATIENT TO PILL | 2 | 2 | 2019–2019 |
Logos filed most often (since 2020)
Pharma Dynamics' logos
The 5 different logos Pharma Dynamics has had published since 2020 – each logo shown once, however many classes or versions it was filed in. Logos protected in more classes come first.
How quickly its trademarks are registered
Over the last five years, Pharma Dynamics' marks took a median of 1.4 years from filing to registration, faster than the market's 2.7 years. Most of that time is examination: 0.8 years from filing to acceptance (market: 1.9). Registration itself follows about half a year after acceptance.
Median years from filing to registration per registration year, split into examination (filing → acceptance) and acceptance → registration; the dashed line is the market median. A high recent value means older applications came through that year.
Who files the most in Pharma Dynamics' classes
Ranked by number of trademarks filed in Pharma Dynamics' main classes – any company that files there, whatever else it does (including retailers' own brands). This shows Pharma Dynamics' market position, not who is most like it.
In the last five years, Pharma Dynamics was #10 of 2,050 filers in class 5 (pharmaceuticals), with 56 of 6,111 trademarks; #600 of 1,101 filers in class 44 (medical & beauty care), with 1 of 1,960 trademarks; #2846 of 5,866 filers in class 35 (advertising & retail), with 1 of 11,124 trademarks.
Pharma Dynamics' share of all trademarks filed in each of its main classes, per filing year.
Top trademark filers in class 5 (pharmaceuticals), South Africa 1975–2024: Pharma Dynamics
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Main competitors – the companies most like Pharma Dynamics
Ranked by how similar their whole trademark portfolio is to Pharma Dynamics' – the same mix of classes and the same words in their marks – not by size. Large filers in its classes that do something different rank lower here.
Pharma Dynamics' closest competitors in South Africa are Abex Pharmaceutica, Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Alkem Laboratories.
Pharma Dynamics trademarks vs competitors: filings per year, 2010–2024
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Trademark filings per year: Pharma Dynamics (orange) and its five closest competitors.
| # | Company | Relationship | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abex Pharmaceutica | Direct competitor | 85% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | Direct competitor | 85% |
| 3 | Teva Pharmaceuticals | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 4 | Alkem Laboratories | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 5 | Austell Pharmaceuticals | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 6 | Acino Pharma | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 7 | Sandoz | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 8 | Forrester Pharma | Direct competitor | 70% |
| 9 | Nativa | 85% | |
| 10 | Procter & Gamble | 85% |
Similarity of trademark activity since 2015 (classes and words used in marks). Retailers appear where their own brands compete on the shelf.
Pharma Dynamics – relevant export countries
South Africa exported US$1.8 billion of the goods Pharma Dynamics' main classes cover in the last year – veterinary preparations; dietary supplements; sanitary preparations; disinfectants (class 5); software; computer hardware; apparatus and instruments; measuring (class 9); cosmetics; essential oils; perfumes (class 3); books; posters; stickers (class 16). Combining where these goods are exported, imported, growing and made (and copied), and what protection costs, these are the markets where Pharma Dynamics' trademarks matter most.
Where South Africa exports Pharma Dynamics' top goods
Pharma Dynamics' trademarks most often cover veterinary preparations, cosmetics, books and sanitary preparations. South Africa's ten largest export markets for these goods took 66% of its exports of them in 2024.
South Africa's exports of each good to the country in 2024 (US$ million). The goods are the ones Pharma Dynamics' specifications mention most in its main classes; the figures are national exports, not the company's own sales.
Adjust the weightings
These weightings decide how the countries below are ranked. Change any value and the others adjust to keep the total at 100%.
Worldwide
| # | Market | Score | SA exports | Import growth / yr | Route | Cost, 4 classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 76 | US$142 m | +2% | National | US$2,123 |
| 2 | United States of America | 76 | US$93 m | +3% | National | US$2,750 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 66 | US$42 m | -1% | National | US$1,192 |
| 4 | Japan | 61 | US$12 m | -0% | National | US$1,481 |
| 5 | Australia | 60 | US$47 m | -4% | National | US$2,020 |
| 6 | Canada | 59 | US$10 m | -2% | National | US$1,907 |
| 7 | Hong Kong SAR | 58 | US$4.0 m | +8% | National | US$1,412 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 56 | US$8.0 m | +5% | National | US$1,119 |
| 9 | Namibia | 56 | US$218 m | +17% | ARIPO | US$397 |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 55 | US$3.4 m | -2% | National | US$1,703 |
Africa
| # | Market | Score | SA exports | Import growth / yr | Route | Cost, 4 classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 56 | US$218 m | +17% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 53 | US$165 m | +13% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
| 3 | Botswana | 51 | US$200 m | -6% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
| 4 | Nigeria | 50 | US$28 m | -11% | National | US$812 S&Z |
| 5 | OAPI (17 states) | 49 | US$31 m | +6% | National | US$1,378 S&Z |
| 6 | Mozambique | 48 | US$104 m | +8% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
| 7 | Egypt | 47 | US$3.3 m | -0% | National | US$1,835 |
| 8 | Morocco | 46 | US$1.1 m | +12% | National | US$1,224 |
| 9 | Malawi | 46 | US$43 m | +17% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
| 10 | Tanzania | 45 | US$24 m | -3% | ARIPO | US$397 S&Z |
SA exports = South Africa's exports of these goods to the market in the last year. Ranked with the default weightings. Score 0–100 from South Africa's exports of the goods to the market, net imports, import growth, foreign trademark filings, where the goods are made, market size and the cost of protection. Costs are total fees (official and professional) to file in 4 classes; ARIPO costs are per country, plus US$290 once per ARIPO application; S&Z = S&Z's own all-in price. Goods are taken from the classes and specifications, so the ranking is indicative.
Trade data: CEPII BACI (version 202601, trade flows 2022–2024), Licence Etalab 2.0; aggregated and combined with other data by S&Z.
Protecting its top brands in Nigeria and OAPI with S&Z
| Brand | Classes | Nigeria | OAPI (17 states) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIC HEALTH PROGRAMME | 4 | US$812 | US$1,378 |
| NATURAL SHOPPE (THE) | 3 | US$609 | US$1,194 |
| DISPENSING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS | 5 | US$1,015 | US$1,563 |
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 4 | US$812 | US$1,378 |
| DYNAMIC HEALTH BETTER HEALTH, MADE SIMPLE... | 4 | US$812 | US$1,378 |
S&Z all-in prices per brand in its number of classes, filing to registration.
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Word marks you may have considered opposing
For Pharma Dynamics' five most-filed brands: word marks of other companies (not Pharma Dynamics' own group) that our similar word mark search, SimTM, found in the brand's own classes, and that we consider confusingly similar – from the earliest match found to today.
Similar to DYNAMIC HEALTH PROGRAMME (classes 5, 35, 41, 44; searched 2018-02-28 to 2026-11-08)
| Mark | Published | Class | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 35 | Private individual |
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 44 | Private individual |
Similar to NATURAL SHOPPE (THE) (classes 5, 35, 44; searched 2018-03-28 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to DISPENSING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (classes 5, 9, 16, 42, 44; searched 2019-09-25 to 2026-11-08)
No confusingly similar marks of other companies found in this period.
Similar to DYNAMIC HEALTH (classes 5, 35, 41, 44; searched 2018-02-28 to 2026-11-08)
| Mark | Published | Class | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 35 | Private individual |
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 44 | Private individual |
Similar to DYNAMIC HEALTH BETTER HEALTH, MADE SIMPLE... (classes 5, 35, 41, 44; searched 2018-02-28 to 2026-11-08)
| Mark | Published | Class | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 35 | Private individual |
| DYNAMIC HEALTH | 2019-12-18 | 44 | Private individual |
Similarity of the words only. Whether a mark could have been opposed depends on the goods and services, the reputation of the brand and the facts – S&Z can advise. New marks like these are what SimTM watch reports as they are published.
How S&Z can help you
S&Z does not just file trademarks. We are a technology-first firm that manages trademarks – analysing your data, monitoring competitors and making sure your trademark assets remain protected.
We manage your trademarks – not just file them
Analysing your data, monitoring competitors and making sure your trademark assets remain protected:
Filing and renewal at fixed, all-inclusive prices
S&Z prices – South African trademarks
| Filing, first class – incl. official fee, examination report, routine office action, acceptance, publication, registration and e-certificate | US$240 |
| Each additional class of the same mark, filed at the same time | US$225 |
| Renewal online, per class (every 10 years from filing) | R1,027 ≈ US$62.29 |
Renewal in rand; US$ at R16.49 per US$.
Pharma Dynamics' next five years of renewals
99 of Pharma Dynamics' registered marks reach their ten-year renewal date in 2027–2031. Renewed online with S&Z, that costs about US$6,167 over the five years.
Pharma Dynamics: frequently asked questions
What should Pharma Dynamics consider for its trademarks?
- Where to file next: its goods sell strongly in Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana – markets where South African exports of the same goods are large or growing, and where S&Z files at its own all-in prices (see “Pharma Dynamics – relevant export countries”).
- Possible gaps: its competitors also protect class 10 (medical devices) – worth checking against what the business sells or plans to sell.
- Similar marks: we found 6 word marks of other companies that we consider confusingly similar to its top brands (see “Word marks you may have considered opposing”) – a watch service flags new ones while they can still be opposed.
- Fewer new brands: new brand names fell from 11.6 to 10.2 a year – worth reviewing whether planned launches are being protected early enough.
- Renewals and use: keep track of the ten-year renewal dates and of marks that are no longer used – unused marks can be challenged after five years, and some may no longer be worth renewing.