European Medicines Agency
Agency of the European Union
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| June 2025 | Dr. Delese Mimi Darko from Ghana, former CEO of the Ghana FDA, was appointed as the inaugural Director General of the African Medicines Agency. |
| November 5 2021 | The AMA Treaty came into effect after receiving ratification from the 15th African Union member state, Cameroon, officially launching the legal framework for the agency. |
| June 2020 | The 'Africa Medical Supplies Platform' was established by the African Union to help combat COVID-19, highlighting the need for a coordinated medical regulatory body like the AMA. |
| June 2 2020 | Mali deposited its ratification of the treaty. |
| April 9 2020 | Mali ratified the treaty. |
| January 6 2020 | Rwanda officially deposited its ratification of the treaty. |
| December 18 2019 | Rwanda ratified the treaty and prepared for deposit. |
| August 2019 | The AU's Specialised Technical Committee Meeting on Health, Population and Drug Control called for 'urgent' ratification of the AMA treaty, noting that only four out of 15 necessary countries had ratified at that point. |
| August 1 2019 | Madagascar signed the treaty. |
| July 7 2019 | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Algeria signed the treaty. |
| June 12 2019 | Rwanda signed the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency. |
| February 2019 | The African Union adopted the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), marking a significant milestone in creating a continental medical regulatory body. |
| 2016 | The African Union endorsed the Model Law on Medical Products Regulation, serving as a model for national regulatory laws and facilitating harmonisation between countries. |
| 2014 | Eleven 'Regional Centres of Regulatory Excellence' were created to support medical regulatory harmonisation. |
| April 14 2014 | During the 1st African Ministers of Health meeting in Luanda, member states were requested to allocate resources for a potential African Medicines Agency. |
| 2012 | The African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) initiative was fully launched. |
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