According to a study published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, an estimated 1 in 5 medicines in Africa is either substandard or falsified. The paper also estimates that 34.2% of medicines sold in the region are unregistered…
The European Medicines Agency has come together with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to co-fund a one-year pilot, whose goal is to test and validate procedures and processes for the joint continental evaluation of medical products in Africa. The…
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority of Cote d’Ivoire, l’AIRP, has issued a rapid alert on CARVEDI-DENK (carvedilol) 25 mg tablets due to quality concerns. In the notification, the authority references an alert issued by the World Health Organization (Ref: WHO…
In a “novel” formulation approach, a study has shown that anhydrous self-emulsifying oils (SEO) can be used in the development of eye drops containing antibiotics that are typically unstable in water. This is according to a study published in the…
Interim results from a clinical trial involving AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) has delivered better efficacy when combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy rather than chemotherapy alone. This has been observed in management of resectable non-small cell lung cancer. The phase 3 study, coded…
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority in Côte d’Ivoire, l’Autorité Ivorienne de Régulation Pharmaceutique (AIRP), in conjunction with the Marketing Authorization Holder, Medisource Laboratories, has decided to recall a batch of Finifat 500mg chewable tablets. Usage Finifat consists of vitamin C…
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority of Senegal, L’Agence sénégalaise de Règlementation pharmaceutique (L’ARP), has announced a temporary interruption in the supply of Pfizer’s Aldactazine (spironolactone/altizide) 25/15 mg and Aldactone (spironolactone), 50 mg and 75 mg tablets. Reason for unavailability L’ARP…
GSK announced “positive” results from a study comparing the efficacy of the 2-drug regimen dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC) to the 3-drug regimen bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (BIC/FTC/TAF) in managing virologically-suppressed adults living with HIV. Both regimens are administered as a single tablet per…
