12.00 – 13.00 CET – Policy and Legislation in Fighting Falsified Medicines
Moderated by Willy Soriney, Kenya Association of Pharmaceutical Industry (KAPI)
– Opening remarks: Greg Perry, Assistant Director General, IFPMA and Vice-Chair of the Fight the Fakes Alliance
– Keynote speech: Dr Ahmed Ogwell, Deputy Director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
– Anti-falsified medicines mitigation in readiness of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) and African Medicines Agency (AMA)
– The MEDICRIME Convention: Legal disparities and enforcement challenges, the weak link
13.00 to 14.00 CET – Regulatory and Industry Response to Falsified Medicines
Moderated by Philip Tagboto, Association of Representatives of Ethical Pharmaceutical Industries (AREPI)
– Local regulatory measures to combat falsified medicines, Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (Ghana FDA)
– Strengthening regulation of medicines in Kenya, Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya (PPB Kenya)
– Case study of falsified medicines, Juma Mwashuruti, Novartis
– Falsified medicines and supply chain integrity, African Pharmaceutical Distribution Association (APDA)
14.00 to 15.00 CET – Awareness Creation and Community Response
Moderated by Bada Pharasi, The Innovative Pharmaceutical association South Africa (IPASA) and Adon Annick, Association des Industriels Pharmaceutiques en Afrique Francophone Subsaharienne (LIPA):
– Lessons and experiences from South Africa, Precious Matsoso, Director of the Health Regulatory Science Platform, Wits Health Consortium, University of the Witwatersrand
– Fight the Fakes Youth Chapter – Increasing Awareness in Africa, Hoda Kanso and Sofia Khan, University College London Fight the Fakes’s Chapter
– Patient organizations’ role in combatting falsified medicines, Kawaldip Sehmi, CEO, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)
– Protecting the patient, the role of the health care provider
15.00 CET – Closing Remarks