African Medicines Agency

In recent months, 15 African Union Member States have ratified the Treaty for the creation of the African Medicines Agency, which will ease the monitoring of safety and effectiveness of marketed medicines and vaccines across Africa. Following the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(Africa CDC), the African Medicines Agency will be the second cross-continental African ...

ECOWAS Epidemiology Network

The ECOWAS has launched its 2018-2019 West Africa Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report with an aim at effectively fighting illicit drug use and trafficking in the sub-region. This report contains statistics and trends of illicit drug supply and drug use in the region and will help the ECOWAS member states in developing programmes, ...

The quality of Cardiovascular medicines

Today, there is a growing need for good quality cardiovascular medicines and devices for the prevention and management of the ever-growing threats of cardiovascular diseases(CVDs) globally. That is why the objective of this study was to review the available literature on SF cardiovascular medicines/devices, with a focus on prevalence studies to discuss their impacts on ...

The 21st edition of the International Pharmaceutical Forum

The 21st edition of the International Pharmaceutical Forum scheduled from 13 to 16 October 2021 was announced by the Order of Pharmacists of Côte d’Ivoire. The announcement was made during a press conference at the headquarters of the organization, Wednesday, September 8, 2021, in Abidjan Cocody. The President of the National Council of the Order ...

JOB OFFER: Software Engineer and Data Scientist

The Medicine Quality Research Group is looking for a Software Engineer and Data Scientist, to join the planning and execution of software development projects at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. The Software Engineer and Data Scientist will be a key member of the Medicine Quality Research Group to lead and coordinate the ...

JOB VACANCY: Strategic Advisor, Pharmaceutical and Vaccine Manufacturing at Tony Blair Institute

The specific duties include: Conducting relevant analysis as needed to progress the delivery of the pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing agenda, supporting the development and implementation of bankable projects for investors in the vaccine production and pharmaceutical sector linking with other key Government institutions with a stake in this agenda, working with the Government counterparts at ...

RAFAELLA’S LITERATURE UPDATE

Be-cause Health & QUAMED literature updates Ref: World Health Organization. Regulatory guidance for assessment and management of applications for marketing authorization of oxytocin. WHO 2021. ISBN 978-92-4-002213-3 (electronic version). Dear Friends, Today, I would like to share a WHO regulatory document concerning the quality of oxytocin-containing products. You can download it at this link: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240022133 ...

Webinar: Technological innovations for pharmacy in Africa amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Dr. Prosper Hiag, who facilitated our last QUAMED member webinar, appealed to drug regulators in Africa at a regional workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. He asked them to enact laws to guide the practice of internet pharmacy across the continent. The event was held under the theme: “Technological innovations for pharmacy in Africa amidst the Covid-19 ...

The importance of Pharmacovigilance:

The collection and assessment of adverse reactions are important in the first decade after the marketing authorization of a drug. The information gathered in this period could help, for example, identify complications from its use that were unknown before its commercialization. However, when it comes to medicines that have been on the market for a ...

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