The pharmaceutical market in French speaking countries of West and Central Africa

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(Treffer aus pharmind, Nr. 07, Seite 907 (2020))

Buchkremer-Ratzmann I | Mouoffo G

The pharmaceutical market in French speaking countries of West and Central Africa / Regulatory requirements · Buchkremer-Ratzmann I, Mouoffo G · action medeor e. V., Tönisvorst
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy continues to grow with an increasing average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1–5 % in the last 5 years [ 1 ]. About one third of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lives in French speaking countries (21 out of 47 SSA countries have French as an official language). With a population of more than 300 million, Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa constitutes an important pharmaceutical market, making it worthwhile to discuss the pharmaceutical regulatory landscape in these regions. This article focusses on SSFA countries located in West and Central Africa, as most of the countries are French speaking (see Table 1). The common ...