Overall Goal of the 4th Biennial Scientific Conference on Medicines Regulation in Africa (SCoMRA 2019)
The overall goal of the fourth Biennial Scientific Conference on Medicines Regulation in Africa is to stimulate discussion on progress made over the last decade of regulatory harmonization and alignment of regulatory networks, identify regulatory challenges facing Africa and lessons learnt, and propose to the AMRC the path forward for the next decade with a special focus on the new African Medicines Agency (AMA).

Objectives
The following are the objectives of SCoMRA IV:
a) To review progress, identify challenges and lessons learnt in the implementation of AMRH, and the alignment of various regulatory networks and forums within AMRH.
b) To serve as a platform for African Regulators to share results on regulatory practice operational research with a view to provide evidence-based policy and decision making.
c) To review methods and new approaches for measuring regulatory outcomes and progress of harmonization, and regulation through reliance.
d) To facilitate discussions on the role of national medicines regulatory agencies, regional economic communities, the AMRH partnership platform, and other stakeholders in advancing regional and continental harmonization agenda.
e) To discuss AMA’s value proposition and operating model.