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Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in the Middle East and North Africa Training Course

Covering Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Yemen, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.

21-23 October 2025 »
from £1599

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Course overview

This seminar will provide you with an essential overview of the key areas of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs in the Middle East and North Africa. This three-day course will focus on practical aspects and will cover the regulatory requirements and developments in the individual countries as well as discuss harmonisation in the region.

This course is part of our Regulatory Affairs Training course collection, which features updates on the latest regulations to registration procedures and strategies.

Benefits of attending

  • Gain an overview of the regulatory environment in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Understand the economic and cultural background to the markets
  • Clarify procedures for company and product registration
  • Discuss harmonisation and recent developments in the region
  • Tackle real case scenarios

Who should attend

This seminar will be of particular interest to:

  • Personnel involved in pharmaceutical regulatory affairs in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Anyone new to the region
  • All those interested in an update on recent developments

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This course will cover:

Introduction to Regulatory Affairs in the Middle East and North Africa

General overview on the following topics:

  • Markets and culture
  • Healthcare
  • Business culture
  • Regulatory environment and characteristics
  • General regulatory requirements
  • Company and product registration
  • Variations and renewals
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Regulatory summary

Economic overview of the Middle East and North Africa

  • Population and GDP per capita
  • Unemployment rate
  • GDP real growth rate
  • Inflation rate
  • Healthcare spend per capita

Saudi Arabia

GCC-DR

SGH Tender

Bahrain

Qatar

Oman

Kuwait

UAE

Yemen

Sudan

Egypt

Libya

Lebanon

Jordan

Syria

Iraq

Algeria

Morocco

Tunisia

Palestine

Israel

Iran

Local trade associations

MENA Regulatory Conference

Case study 1

Case study 2

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Ilona Putz
PULONA Emerging Markets

Ilona Putz is the founder and General Manager of PULONA Emerging Markets based in the UAE since 2008. Her company is dedicated to creating and developing tailor-made business concepts including regulatory consultancy for international manufacturers in the healthcare sector across the Middle East. Ilona has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry since 1988 for companies like MSD, SmithKline Beecham, Karl Engelhard, HEXAL and Sandoz where she was the Regional Head, Middle East, for Sandoz International, Germany, responsible for all commercial and business development activities. She also consults for RegAff, Emergo and Dr. Regenold GmbH for the Middle East. Ilona spoke during the DIA Europe Meeting on “Clinical Trials in the Middle East” and at the Global Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs Summit 2021.

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Heba Hashem
MERAS

Heba has been working with Regulatory Affairs in the Middle East for more than 25 years. She has a Pharmaceutical and Business background being a graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Cairo University), RAC certified in addition to an MBA at Maastricht School of Business. For the past 20 years Heba held the position of Middle East & Africa Regulatory and Quality Head at different Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies; Gambro, Bayer and Novo Nordisk.

Heba is now the Middle East and Africa Associate Director at PPD where she is providing regulatory consulting services and training to Health Care companies.

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NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

  • 30% off the 2nd delegate*
  • 40% off the 3rd delegate*
  • 50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

21-23 October 2025

Live online

09:00-17:30 UK (London) (UTC+01)
10:00-18:30 Paris (UTC+02)
04:00-12:30 New York (UTC-04)
Course code 16636

  • GBP 1,599 1,899
  • EUR 2,239 2,659
  • USD 2,571 3,039

Until 16 Sep

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  • GBP 1,350
  • Per attendee, based on 10 attendees
  • Course tailored to your requirements
  • At your choice of location, or online

 

We can customise this course to your requirements and deliver it on an in-house basis for any number of your staff or colleagues.

Contact our in-house training experts Aleksandra Beer and Yesim Nurko to discuss your requirements:

Multiple colleagues? See above for details of our discounts for 2, 3, or 4 delegates. For more, talk to one of our training experts to discuss how to:

Run this course conveniently and cost-effectively in-house for your staff and colleagues

Aleksandra Beer

Aleksandra BEER
Training expert

Yesim Nurko

Yesim NURKO
Training expert

+44 (0)20 7749 4749

inhouse@ipiacademy.com