The Agence Marocaine du Médicament et des Produits de Santé has reminded pharmaceutical manufacturers that all medicine advertising and promotional materials must be declared to the authority before use, after finding recent compliance failures.
The Entidade Reguladora Independente da Saúde has approved regulations requiring all health care establishments under its jurisdiction to register publicly, following a 20-day consultation period.
The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority and WHO have opened a Good Clinical Practice capacity-building workshop for clinical trial reviewers from seven African regulatory authorities.
Mozambique’s medicines regulator and the African Union Development Agency are reviewing a three-year project to strengthen adverse reaction reporting, signal detection and risk management.
The Agence Nationale des Médicaments et des Évacuations Sanitaires has made marketing authorisation (autorisation de mise sur le marché, AMM) compulsory for medicines, herbal products, cosmetics and medical devices.
The Agence Marocaine du Médicament et des Produits de Santé will require a signed commitment declaration from medical representatives, responsible pharmacists and agency heads when processing applications to carry medical samples.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has enrolled six hundred pharmacists from all thirty-six states and the Federal Capital Territory into a volunteer reserve programme to strengthen regulatory presence in communities, markets and health facilities.
Health Minister Ussene Isse has highlighted ANARME’s attainment of WHO Maturity Level 3 as a major advance for medicines regulation in Mozambique, during the 51st Health Coordinating Council in Beira.
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority hosted Lesotho’s Radiation Protection Agency for knowledge sharing on radiation regulation, quality management and institutional frameworks.
Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed more than 100 illegal drug outlets and impounded medicines worth over sh62m during