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Virtual

Oct 13, 2025 9:30 AM - Oct 15, 2025 4:00 PM

(W. Europe Standard Time)

Middle East & Africa Conference (MEA)

Dive into three impactful days of knowledge-sharing, innovation, and collaboration at the virtual MEA conference from 13–15 October.

SESSION 4: Sample Management

Session Chair(s)

Neveen  Kamel

Neveen Kamel

Regulatory Affairs Head North Africa, Egypt & French-speaking Africa

Merck Group, Egypt

Zainab  Aziz, MSc, RPh

Zainab Aziz, MSc, RPh

IFPMA ARN Co-Chair & Associate Director, Regulatory Policy Middle East & Africa

Novartis, South Africa

Overview: This session will explore challenges associated with sample provision for Post-Approval Changes and promote best practices in Sample Management, leveraging Reliance pathways. The session will also highlight the development of a unified laboratory framework for sample testing through the Network of African Reliance Laboratories (NARL), the growing importance of post-marketing surveillance, share effective risk management strategies for product release post-importation and emphasise capacity building for local laboratories to detect substandard and falsified medicines.

Speaker(s)

Zainab  Aziz, MSc, RPh

Streamlining Sample Management to Strengthen Health Outcomes in Africa

Zainab Aziz, MSc, RPh

Novartis, South Africa

IFPMA ARN Co-Chair & Associate Director, Regulatory Policy Middle East & Africa

Joerg  Garbe, PhD, MSc

Reliance Frees up Capacity for Efficient Post-Marketing Surveillance of Medicines

Joerg Garbe, PhD, MSc

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland

IFPMA In-Country Testing Taskforce Lead; Global Quality Manager & Policy Lead

Neven  Ahmed

Sample Management in the Context of Reliance for NDA and PACs

Neven Ahmed

Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA), Egypt

Reliance team leader

Noha Mohamed Reda Arram

Sample Management overview – Qatar Experience

Noha Mohamed Reda Arram

Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Qatar, Qatar

Head of Drug Quality Control Laboratory - Pharmacy & Drug Control Department

Assane  Coulibaly

Panel Discussion with Q&A (With the additional participation of):

Assane Coulibaly

Autorité Ivoirienne de Régulation Pharmaceutique (AIRP) / Ivorian Pharm RA, Côte d'Ivoire

CEO / Director General

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