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The register states what an authority did. The blog is where people who work in African medicines regulation, pharmacy, manufacturing, testing and supply say what they think about it. Every piece is signed by a named author whose standing was checked and whose interests are declared under their byline.

This is opinion, and the register is not. Nothing on this page is a regulatory action, and nothing written here changes a record. Where a post cites the register, it links to the record and the record stands unaltered. The register is here.

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Who writes here

Anyone who works in the field and will put their name to it: regulatory affairs, pharmacy practice, pharmacovigilance, clinical medicine, manufacturing and quality, procurement, laboratory testing, health journalism, law and policy, academia, civil society.

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Comment — 600–1000 words
Analysis — 1000–2200 words
A real name, and a role a reader can place
Interests declared, printed under every piece
Claims about a company sourced to a published decision

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