Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament — Sénégal
DPM Senegal · Senegal · africa
Senegal's Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicines (Ministry of Health and Social Action) — leech-specific regulatory pathway has not been independently verified by ASH; medicinal leeches fall under the general national pharmaceutical and medical device framework as appropriate.
Regulatory Profile
- Agency type
- national regulator
- Region
- africa
- Country
- Senegal
- Leech status
- unregulated
- Last ASH review
- 2026-05-26
- Website
- https://www.sante.gouv.sn
Relevant Regulation Codes
- Senegalese Code de la Santé Publique — pharmaceutical and device provisions
- Senegalese national medical device regulatory framework
Prescriber Requirements
- Ordre National des Médecins du Sénégal–registered physician — order required for any biomedical device application
- Allied health professional application under physician supervision per institutional protocol
Supply Chain & GMP
DPM Senegal registration as applicable; French-language labelling (with Wolof at point of dispensing as appropriate). Standard cold-chain conditions.
Import/Export Rules
DPM Senegal and Ministry of Health import authorisation; Direction des Services Vétérinaires clearance for live invertebrates; CITES Appendix II paperwork for Hirudo medicinalis / verbana.
Reimbursement Context
Not covered under public insurance schemes for leech therapy specifically.
ASH Editorial Notes
Leech-specific pathway not independently verified by ASH; falls under general medical device / traditional medicine framework as appropriate. Senegal participates in West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA / WAEMU) pharmaceutical harmonisation; whether this harmonisation captures live-organism medical devices has not been independently mapped by ASH.
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