The ECOWAS PHC is the statutory arm of the Government of ECOWAS with responsibility to ensure that all medicines and health products circulating the borders of ECOWAS are safe and efficacious. The ECOWAS PHC was established based on provisions of the ECOWAS Drug Policy for the establishment of a ECOWAS Product Regulatory Authority to enact and update medicines regulations to regulate the Pharmaceutical Sector, and establishment of a quality control laboratory under the Authority. The Authority was officially established on 29 September 2010.
“Ensuring Safety, Efficacy and Quality of Medicines and Health
Products”
Our role is to protect and enhance public and animal health. We do this by assessing the safety, quality and effectiveness of medicines and health products on behalf of the public to ensure the benefits they provide outweigh any potential risks. Our core regulatory functions and our aims and objectives are expressed in our mission, vision and values.
CORE VALUE
* Acting
always in the best interests
of patients and consumers.
* Operating to the highest standards of scientific
decision-making and quality.
* Behaving with integrity, impartiality and
transparency.
* Promoting research, innovation, continual learning
and
openness to change.
* Treating stakeholders and each other with dignity
and
respect at all times.
The ECOWAS PHC consists of the Office of the Managing Director and four (4) Technical Departments overseeing the functions of the Authority: Product Evaluation and Registration, Quality Control Laboratory, Inspectorate and Post Market Surveillance and Pharmacovigilance & Clinical Trial. The Authority also consists of Finance, Human Resources, Procurement and General Administration Departments, all headed by Directors.
ECOWAS PHC is charged with the responsibility of protecting the ECOWAS populace from fake, expired and substandard medicines and health products.