Postcard from SCoMRA: From Pilot to Progress — Building Africa’s Unified Health Market 🌍
Today, we celebrated another defining moment for Africa’s health future — the Industry Engagement Day on the Continental Listing and Future Initiatives!
Through the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMP-TC) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP-TC) Committees, the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative has piloted a continental listing process for human medicinal products — a groundbreaking step toward regulatory convergence across Africa.
The results speak volumes: 12 quality-assured products now featured in the Green Book https://t.co/g8pUZrbFu1, fast-tracking national approvals and expanding access to safe, effective, and trusted medicines across the continent.
Today’s engagement united regulators, manufacturers, and partners to:
✅ Reflect on lessons from the continental pilot
✅ Mark the official closure of the pilot phase and chart the next steps under the African Medicines Agency (AMA)
✅ Consult on the Continental Listing of In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs) launching in 2026
✅ Explore a sustainable fee-for-service model to support future operations
“This milestone reflects Africa’s growing capacity to shape its own regulatory future. The continental listing proves that when regulators, industry, and partners work in sync, access to quality-assured health products becomes faster, fairer, and truly African-led.”
— @CChamdimba, our Head, African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Initiative.
This is not just a regulatory milestone — it’s a movement toward One Regulatory Africa, where innovation, trust, and collaboration drive public health impact.
Together with our partners, we’re building a harmonized, efficient, and future-ready regulatory ecosystem — strengthening Africa’s health sovereignty, one product, one policy, and one partnership at a time.
#SCoMRA #AMRH #AMA #HealthSovereignty #MadeInAfrica #PharmaAfrica #RegulatoryHarmonization
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