SCOMRA 2025
The Scientific Conference on Medical Product Regulation in Africa (SCoMRA) 2025 will be convened under the theme: “Regulatory Harmonisation: “Unlocking Africa’s Potential in Health Product Manufacturing and Trade”. This seventh SCoMRA will be held from 11 – 13 November 2025 in Mombasa, Kenya. The SCoMRA is a platform that brings stakeholders together to discuss advances in regulatory science, reflect on progress on strengthening and harmonization of regulatory systems, define priorities, and set the agenda going forward using an evidence-based approach. Through the conference, stakeholders have an opportunity to share experiences and best practices that will inform management of future emergencies and facilitate progress in the continent’s ability to regulate medical products. The SCoMRA 2025 provides an opportunity to redefine priorities for the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Initiative (AMRH), which serves as the foundation for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) as per the AU Executive Council decision of January 2015.
The theme of the sixth SCoMRA builds on the outcomes of the first to sixth Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa jointly organized by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The SCoMRA VII 2025 will bring together more than 300 participants from Africa and globally, including national policymakers from ministries responsible for health, finance, trade and industry, research and innovation and other relevant ministries, National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) in Africa, Other NMRAs globally partnering with Africa, researchers, academia, Ethics Committees/Institutional Review Boards (IRB), health product manufacturers and their associations, clinical trials sponsors, civil society, Clinical Research Organizations (CROs), media representatives, African Union agencies, Regional Economic Communities(RECs), UN Agencies, Development partners, Development Banks and other relevant stakeholders.