Senegal conference assembles experts to discuss regulatory convergence in Africa

This week, more than 150 regulatory experts and health officials were expected to attend the fourth African Regulatory Conference in Dakar, Senegal, to look at ways of strengthening and aligning regulatory systems in Africa and speeding up drug approvals across the continent.

Organized by the DIA and the international industry federation IFPMA, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank, the 27-28 April event was intended to...

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