1Pharmacist, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Law and Deontology-Training and Research Unit in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences (UFRSPB), Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan-Côte d'Ivoire, Department of Pharmacy, Medicine and Laboratories (DPML), Ministry of Health Côte d'Ivoire
2(UFRSM), Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan-Côte d'Ivoire, Directorate of Pharmacy, Medicine and Laboratories
3Pharmacist, Sub-regional Program for Harmonization of National Pharmaceutical Policies (PSR/HPPN)-Coordination Organization for the Control of Endemic Diseases in Central Africa (OCEAC), Cameroon
4Professor of Law and Pharmaceutical Economics, UFR of Pharmaceutical Sciences-University of Strasbourg-France
5Physician, Associate Professor of Pharmology Law-Unit for Medical Sciences Training and Research DPML), Ministry of Health Côte d'Ivoire
*Corresponding author Tel.: 00225 07 69 72 79 E-mail address: amariantoineserge@gmail.com (Amari Antoine Serge).
Online published on 17 September, 2019.
The harmonization of pharmaceutical regulations in Africa aims to offer States a coherent body of texts and practices by combining limited resources. The objective of this study was to describe policies to harmonize pharmaceutical regulations in West and Central Africa in order to highlight similarities and disparities. The methodology used consisted of visiting the historical stages of the process in the two regions and comparing the preferred methodological approaches as well as the achievements obtained. It emerges from this work that if choices, guided by the health priorities of the regions in question, have led the actors to favor, depending on the sub-region, certain areas of pharmacy rather than others, in terms of harmonization, reality the aim pursued is the same namely the protection of public health by the availability of medicines safely and cheaply. It is hoped that cooperation not only between the two sub-regions but also with other pharmaceutical regulatory systems will optimize the processes initiated for better protection of public Health.
Pharmaceutical Regulation-Harmonization-West Africa-Central Africa
