Ghana - Apply to Establish a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To Apply to Establish a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility in person, the applicant must go to the Ghana Medical and Dental council or Pharmacy Council Ghana, Headquarters contact link
2. Applicant must obtain the application form from the relevant department.
3. Applicant must fill all the details in the application form.
4. After filling the form proceed to pay the prescribed fee of 500,000Ugshs to the bank under the pharmacy council Ghana.
5. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and they can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
6. Submit the dully filled in form attached with pay slip to the Pharmacist Officer in charge of the name changes/ownership in the area where the premises is located or nearby health district inspector office whose officers shall carryout inspection of your premises.
7. Pharmacy council shall not be obliged to give permission to change ownership to pharmacies opened without following the set procedures and shall not be liable to any claims of resultant financial loss.
8. There must be a supervising registered Pharmacist associated with the firm before the application is submitted, as this is a general licensing process.
9. Collect his/her Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility certificate from where your application was submitted within a day from the date the application was received at MDC in case there is no rejection.
10. The Processing time for this procedure is 2 days.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Clearance from Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives for non-nationals.
• Certificate of destruction of expired drugs prior to issuance of another Licence.
• Previous Approval from MDC to pharmacies which had a Licence to operate in the ending year.
• Proof of Services/business-registration/registering.
• Original certificate of registration (Business name)
• Certificate of incorporation (Company)
• Proof Letter from Ghana Registration Services Bureau.
• Original rent and tenancy agreement from the Land lord for the new business.
• Original trading License for the previous year for already existing business.
• Previous Certificate of suitability of premises
• Previous Licence to operate a retail or wholesale Pharmacy
• Previous Certificate of Full Name as a Pharmacist
• In case of change of supervisor by the pharmacist from one pharmacy to another evidence that the company pharmacists as a director should be presented to MDC.
• Any other document asked by state pharmacy council

Office Locations & Contacts

The Registrar,
Medical and Dental Council,
P.O. Box AN 10586, Accra, Ghana.
MDC House, Adjabeng, Accra.
Kwame Nkrumah Ave, Accra, Ghana
HQ2Q+WG Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302661620
Email id: [email protected]
Location link
contact link

Pharmacy Council Ghana, Headquarters
Address: Adjaben Rd, Accra, Ghana
JR37+49 Accra, Ghana
Contact number: +233302680150
Email id: [email protected]
Website Link
Location link

Eligibility

• Any person of 18 years carrying out business in Municipality/Division/Town/City/Kampala City Council Authority’s jurisdiction.

Fees

• Fees to change name and Ownership GHS.500, 000.
• Fees details can be obtained from the Link

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Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is 2 days.

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Required Information

• Name of the applicant
• Address of the applicant
• Email id of the applicant
• Contact number
• City/country/town details
• Postal address
• Region
• Nationality
• Age of the applicant
• Pharmacists name
• Address of the pharmacists
• Website address of the pharmacists
• Name of Proposed License pharmacy Holder (if a limited company please state country and year of registration).
• License Number (if known).
• Pharmacy Business Details.
• Address of principal premises.
• Exact location of premises to which this application relates.
• Specific Activities in respect of which this application is made.
• Structure and Capital formation of the Pharmacy.
• Signature
• Declaration

Need for the Document

• Registered Pharmacist is a person having educational qualification in pharmacy and his/her name is registered under state pharmacy council of state in which person reside or want to conduct his/her profession or business.

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