Our Services
Overview
Systems don’t work – people make them work. The people who design & manage working systems are the competent, engaged and resourced individuals.
In our mission to strengthen pharmaceutical systems in Africa, we acknowledge that the greatest asset the continent has is its people. Our commitment then is to unlock possibilities for these people by:
- Training them to harness their potential to deliver sustainable impactful interventions in the continent.
- Supporting them and the organizations they work for through our business ecosystem support services ranging from talent to technical and project management services.
- Championing for and shaping the pharmaceutical policy landscape to be conducive for them, their organizations and the entire value-chain so that they can make their magic happen.
Pharmaceutical Workforce Development
Acknowledging the need for competent professionals to drive the charge towards the growth of Africa’s pharmaceutical sector, we established the Pharmacy Academy – an institute of the African Pharmaceutical Network (APN) that focuses on pharmaceutical sciences and practice with an aim of training market-ready, fit-for-purpose professionals for Africa’s pharmaceutical future.
With a mission to bridge the skills gap in transforming Africa’s pharmaceutical value chain, we:
- Offer professional development courses on core technical skills required in the pharmaceutical sector.
- Facilitate corporate trainings and workshops for technical professionals on business fundamentals of key technical functions in line with business priorities.
- Facilitate industry thought leadership and discussions to seed new perspectives for practice and policy change.
Our Courses
Business Ecosystem Support
Reliable access to safe, effective and quality health products and technologies is predicated on pharmaceutical companies, healthcare organizations and ancillary corporations being able to work optimally in an enabling business ecosystem to deliver their services sustainably.
We acknowledge that corporations have their unique capabilities and strengths, that’s why we come in to offer business support services so that they can focus on what really matters to them. From financial institutions investing in the pharmaceutical sector to pharmaceutical companies, we help you address needs across your value chain for optimal performance.
Talent Management
Leveraging on our extensive network in the pharmaceutical industry across the continent, we offer talent management services ranging from: Recruitment Contracting & Payroll Processing Employee upskilling Employee wellbeing and welfare services.
Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
Drawing on experience managing regulatory projects in the pharmaceutical industry across Africa, we support pharmaceutical and medical device companies with: Regulatory intelligence monitoring, analysis and synthesis for business decisions. Regulatory filing across 15+ countries. Lifecycle maintenance. Import processing.
Pharmacovigilance & Post Market Surveillance
Patient safety is at the core of quality healthcare outcomes. We support pharmaceutical & medical device companies maintain oversight on the safety of their products through: Safety signal monitoring & management. Post market surveillance Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (QPPV) Services Clinical & access programs safety monitoring and management.
Clinical Trials Management
We work across the domain with clinical centers and pharmaceutical companies to run quality, ethical & relevant clinical studies in Africa driving science forward. Our services include: Clinical Trial Site Set-Up. Protocol Development. Clinical Trial Application Filing - ethics & regulatory. Clinical Trial Monitoring. Site Closure & Reporting.
Global Health & Patient Access Programs Management
Health products and technologies deliver value only when accessible to patients who need them to address their healthcare needs. We work with stakeholders to deliver programs that remove barriers to access while designing optimal innovative delivery pathways. We work with you to envision success through your lenses then work to make make it a reality. We support with: Project conceptualization & design. Research Implementation Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Reporting. Dissemination of Findings
Market Research, Business Development & Brand Building
Sustainable businesses are anchored on clarity in understanding of market need, refinement of business offering and alignment between the offering and the market need. This is what builds trust. We leverage our local expertise and understanding of epidemiological patterns to identify needed therapies in the market and go the extra mile to support pharmaceutical companies deliver these therapies in the continent. We work with you across your commercial journey enabling you to thrive in the continent.
Policy Shaping & Partnerships
To strengthen pharmaceutical systems and ensure sustainable development of Africa’s pharmaceutical sector, regulatory frameworks have to be responsive to market needs while committed to safeguarding public health.
Inconsistencies and disconnect across education, practice and policy have been noted as key barriers to growth in the pharmaceutical sector. This is attributed to limited involvement of practitioners and industry professionals in shaping policies to reimagine the future of Africa’s pharmaceutical industry.
Guided by this understanding, we are committed to leverage the power of global networks to tap into new perspectives and approaches to pharmaceutical policies, seed new perspectives, foster collaborative partnerships and shape enabling policies in the continent.
We focus our efforts on dynamic policy priorities depending on pressing needs in the continent at any point in time.
Policy Priorities
Drawing on developments made in strengthening regulatory systems in Africa, we are keen on furthering this work by fostering efficiencies in regulatory processes for timely access to lifesaving medicines.
Our areas of work include:
- Championing for the operationalization of African Medicines Agency (AMA) and addressing bottlenecks in the process.
- Developing and championing for adoption of a continental framework for the control of substandard and falsified medicines.
- Advocate for the utilization of alternative regulatory pathways e.g., Swissmedic MAGHP, EMA M4All, WHO CRP, WHO PQ, etc.
- Champion the adoption of digital technologies for seamless information exchange and regulatory evaluation.
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The African Union acknowledging trade barriers as a hurdle towards the realization of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, rolled out the AfCFTA Treaty as a solution towards a single African market. To operationalize AfCFTA and harness potential of the pharmaceutical sector, we:
- Champion for the adoption & operationalization of the Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment.
- Champion the development and operationalization of frameworks for strategic projects to address concerns and risks posed by AfCFTA with regards to illicit trade in pharmaceuticals in the continent.
- Foster cross-sectoral partnerships towards collaborative investments to harness the value of AfCFTA for the pharmaceutical sector.
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Local manufacturing in Africa is poised to address access gaps for health products and technologies in Africa while contributing to economic development. As commendable as this aspiration is, there is need for strategic investment towards delivering pragmatic local manufacturing interventions in the continent. To support this, we:
- Champion for enabling education policies for pharmaceutical education in Africa.
- Advocate for procurement policies that support local manufacturing.
- Advocate for regional manufacturing frameworks instead of national frameworks based on market feasibilities.
- Ideate, develop and facilitate contextualized tech-transfer frameworks.
- Advocate for the establishment of new financial instruments to support investment in local manufacturing in Africa.
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Trust is the foundation of sustainable value-driven businesses but trust can’t exist where ethical practices aren’t second nature to business conduct. High Reliability Organizations (HROs) thrive on trust anchored on ethical, incremental gains in their practice.
Cognizant of the risks associated with pharmaceutical businesses in the continent, we are committed to galvanizing commitment to ethical practices in the trade of health products and technologies in the continent guided by an ethical code of practice supported by annual refresher trainings.
We champion for ethical practices by:
- Mobilizing players in the industry to sign up and abide by the ethical code of practice.
- Engaging regulators to enforce compliance to ethical business practices in the pharmaceutical industry.
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