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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

Associate Director- Regulatory Policy MEA, 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

Zainab Aziz, MSC, RPH

Associate Director- Regulatory Policy MEA, Novartis, South Africa

Joerg  Garbe, PHD, MSC

Joerg Garbe, PHD, MSC

IFPMA In-Country Testing Taskforce Lead; Global Quality Manager & Policy Lead, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland

Neven  Ahmed

Neven Ahmed

Reliance team leader, Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA), Egypt

Noha Mohamed Reda Arram

Noha Mohamed Reda Arram

Head of Drug Quality Control Laboratory - Pharmacy & Drug Control Department, Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), Qatar, Qatar

Assane  Coulibaly

Assane Coulibaly

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

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