Africa’s New Medicines Regulator Wants to be More than Another Approval Channel

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The African Medicines Agency began operations in Kigali in October 2025 with the goal of improving the speed, trust, and coordination of medicine regulation across 55 African Union states. It aims to address the complex health policy challenges posed by fragmented national regulations and regional initiatives.

When the African Medicines Agency became operational in Kigali in October 2025, it inherited one of the continent’s most difficult health-policy problems: how to make medicines regulation faster, more trusted and less fragmented across 55 African Union member states. For years, African countries have relied on a patchwork of national regulators, regional harmonisation initiatives, WHO […]