BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING STEERING COMMITTEE
Indigenous manufacture of biopharmaceuticals is severely limited in Africa which depends on imports for nearly 80% of its requirements. The foreign companies, who have developed vaccines for COVID-19, are enabling the Africa Union to launch a platform for partnerships that augurs well for drug production in Africa. The mission is to promote collaboration, investment, technology transfer, workforce development, and leverage governmental support to overcome the impediments of growth of achieving self-sufficiency of manufacturing in the continent.
MEMBERS
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Janet Byaruhanga
Senior Program Officer, Public Health, AUD-NEPAD
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Dr. Prashant Yadav, Think-tank Fellow, Professor, & Researcher. CGDEV, INSEAD and Harvard Med. Supply Chains for Medical Products
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Hala Audi, Chief Executive Officer, Unizima
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Yogeeta Mangalani, Head of Strategy, Marketing & Product, Unizima
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Stavros Nicolaou, Group Senior Executive, Strategic Trade Development, Aspen Pharmacare Holdings
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Azuka Okeke, CEO, ARC_ESM, Nigeria
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Palu Dhanani, Managing Director, Universal Corporation, Kenya
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Dr. Nico Vandaele, Prof., Operations Research & Operations Management,
KU Leuven (Belgium)
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Nick Bertrand Ntahokaja, Strategic Initiatives Advisor, Unizima (the Univercells Group)
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Jean-Pierre Tai, Business Development Manager, Unizima (the Univercells Group)
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Dr. Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Head of Operations, diaTROPIX, Institut Pasteur de Dakar
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Pie Harerimana, CEO, Rwanda Medical Supplies (RMS)
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Inés Buki, USAID Country Director, USAID
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Ben Leyka, Chief Executive officer, African Agricultural Council (South Africa)
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Eric Santkin, Trade and Investment Commissioner, Belgium (based in Rwanda covering Rwanda, Burundi, and Ethiopia)
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Vicki M. Chilton, Chief of Staff, Integrum Scientific
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David Karia, Programs & Grants Manager, MedSource Group, Kenya
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Blaise Ndome, Executive Director, African Pharmaceutical Distribution Association
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Franck Toussaint, Managing Director, BSMA Europe
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Devendra Mishra, Executive Director & Co-Founder, BSMA