INDICES> Sub-Saharan African Registration Policies

[Tom Wagner <tomw@hollard.co.za>]

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from Johannesburg. My name is Tom Wagner, operations director of 'Affordable Medicines For Africa' (AMFA). One of the greatest challenges we are starting to face throughout the continent of Africa is the emergence of national pharmaceutical registration policies. This is no easy 
obstacle to tackle; just discovering who to talk to consumes large amounts of time and energy. Therefore, we are requesting information any of you might have regarding pharmaceutical registration in each sub-Saharan African country. This information can range from whom to contact in the 
government (and their respective numbers/e-mail addresses, etc.) to the cost of registration to actual registration forms. We would greatly appreciate any help you might offer in this arena.
For those of you who are curious and/or interested, please allow me to give you a little background on AMFA. AMFA is a not-for-gain Christian wholesale distributorship formed a little over two years ago. We pro-vide affordable essential generic medicines to those health workers who administer 
healing to the poor. Over the past two years we have worked diligently to build a foundation on this continent, and today we are confident that a functional system has evolved.
Registered in South Africa, our base is in Johannesburg. From here we are prepared to serve sub-Saharan Africa with quality, competitively priced pharmaceuticals and with a total commitment to customer service.  AMFA's goal goes beyond simply providing essential generic medicines at an affordable 
price. While AMFA is constantly working to source medicines at a lower cost, we do not want to compete for business solely on a price basis. We feel the greater need is to provide excellent customer service through "Just-In-Time" (JIT) ordering and delivery, resulting in streamlined inventory 
management and greatly reduced operating costs for our customers. The fact that we can provide the service from Africa using African manufactured pharmaceuticals and supplying from within Africa makes this possible. AMFA's system begins to send a message throughout Africa that solutions to the 
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Thank you for your time and interest. Please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,

Tom Wagner
Tel: +27-11-240-1318
Fax: +27-11-836-8919
mailto:tomw@hollard.co.za



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