It is interesting to see that PIC/S has adopted guidance on “COVID-19 Risk Assessment for Routine On-Site Inspections” (PI 055-1). It entered into force on 15 July 2021. Please follow the following link to the PIC/S website “Publications” https://picscheme.org/en/news to download this document. It was nice to see that the larger suppliers that we have audited ...
Quality of timolol eye drops marketed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
A study done to assess the quality of timolol eye drops sold in Kinshasa, DRC has proved that the eye drops from Congolese and Indian manufacturers sold in Kinshasa are of substandard quality. This may reflect deficiencies in the manufacturers and local authorities charged with the regulation of the quality control and sale of pharmaceuticals.Read ...
Webinar: The Renaissance of The African Pharmaceutical Industry
On July 8 and July 9, Dr Patrick Lukulay and Dr Prosper Hiag presented a webinar to Quamed members on the renaissance of the African pharmaceutical industry: challenges, opportunities, and how the industry is poised to locally meet more of the health needs of African populations. More than 25 of our members participated in the ...
COVID-19 Vaccines Quality Report
COVID-19 vaccines are vital interventions to help end the pandemic. However, issues with equitable global access, falsified, diverted and substandard (especially degraded) vaccines are highly likely to become increasingly global public health problems. Read the latest Medicine Product Quality Report on substandard and falsified (SF) COVID-19 vaccines, which summarise reports in the public domain including ...
Quamed General Assembly
On Wednesday the 9th of June, QUAMED held its 5th annual meeting. Our reports and plans were all adopted. We are grateful that most of our members could participate and we would like to thank ECHO and the Global Fund for their inspiring presentations. With frank exchanges and constructive questions, we feel that we are one step ...
Pharmaceutical Patents and Monopolistic Pricing
South Africa’s struggle to increase access to anti-retroviral medications decades ago focused attention on the relationship between patent protection and high medicine prices. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn greater attention to the cost of pharmaceutical technologies and the inequitable access to these. Globally this has raised concerns about the impact of the 1994 World Trade ...
Notice to QUAMED members and partners
Dear members, As we near our GA meeting set on the 9th June 2021, we’d like to kindly remind you all that it is crucial to check out our latest newsletter with the membership folder that includes all the important documents you’ll need for voting. As it is a statutory requirement, be sure to check it ...
[e-med] Selection of essential medicines at country level: using the WHO model list
Dear e-medians, Maybe last year you missed -as I did- the publication of this important document from WHO. It aims to “help countries develop their own national essential medicines lists and, through these lists and other medicines policy actions, to move towards UHC and the goal of ensuring that all people and communities have access ...
A4ID Annual Conference: Register & Circulate – Global Health & Pro Bono
Dear all,we invite you to the inaugural A4ID Annual Conference 2021, held on 25-26 June 2021via Zoom. This year’s theme: ‘Towards a more just post-pandemic world will focus on ideas that are emerging as responses from the rule of law and pro bono space to address the challenges of the ongoing pandemic.’ As an organization closely ...
Social and ethical issues of poor quality and misuse of medical products: a special issue of BMJ Global Health
We are pleased to share with you the link to the first articles recently published on BMJ Global Health on ‘The social and ethical problems of poor quality and misuse of medical products’ (https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/Suppl_3/) This issue includes a “hands-on” manuscript by Katherine Enright: Elusive quality: the ethical challenges and dilemmas facing international non-governmental organizations in the ...
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