Ghana FDA Unveils Digital Platform to Streamline Services
Ghana FDA Unveils Digital Platform to Streamline Services
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched the Ghana FDA Integrated Regulatory Management System (GFIRM), a digital platform that allows applicants to submit and track applications online.
FDA CEO Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni said the move, effective August 1, addresses delays in communication and approvals.
“You can now sit at home and do all your applications. At the click of a button, we will receive them,” he explained at a stakeholder engagement in Accra.
The initiative supports the government’s proposed 24-hour economy and is backed by partners funding key projects, including a state-of-the-art “clean room,” a molecular biology lab in Tema, and a new PharmaVax data center.
Prof. Opuni noted that Ghana’s WHO-prequalified and ISO-accredited labs have positioned the FDA as a trusted regional hub, while market surveillance has shown reduced palm oil adulteration and better medicine quality.
“Ultimately, we hope to get to a point where there will not be any substandard or classified medicine found on our market,” he said.
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