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West African Health Organization
East African Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Programme
he following report provides updates on the state of joint assessment procedures in the East African and West African communities.
East African Community Joint Assessments
The various levels of technical expertise and skills among regulators in different countries contribute to strengthening the capacity of each NMRA and expedite introduction of priority medicines for their patients. The EAC held stakeholder meetings with the Kenya Association of Pharmaceutical Industry (KAPI) in October; with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) in November; and another in November with the Southern African Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Association (SAPRAA). All these meetings sought to further socialize the EAC joint assessment procedure among potential industry applicants and encourage its uptake.
The EAC call for applications remains open and 2022 assessment dates have already been scheduled: February 7-11, April 25-29, August 8-12, and October 10-14. EAC looks forward to continuing to work on optimizing this application procedure and encourages companies to submit applications.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
The 2022 submission windows for these ECOWAS joint assessment applications are February 1-28, May 1-31, July 1-31, and October 1-31.