EOI - Multinational - Consultancy Services to undertake an assessment of capacity and capability of existing pharmaceutical Research and Analysis Centres of Excellence in the COMESA region

Title: EOI - Multinational - Consultancy Services to undertake an assessment of capacity and capability of existing pharmaceutical Research and Analysis Centres of Excellence in the COMESA region URL Source: http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region Published Time: 2026-08-20T20:15:43+00:00 Markdown Content: [Skip to main content](http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region#main-content) [](https://www.facebook.com/pages/African-Development-Bank-Group/200096809612?ref=ts "Follow us on Facebook")[](https://twitter.com/AfDB_Group "Follow us on X")[](https://instagram.com/afdb_group "Follow us on Instagram")[](https://www.linkedin.com/company/african-development-bank "Follow us on LinkedIn")[](https://www.flickr.com/photos/afdbgroup/ "Flickr Album")[](https://www.youtube.com/user/afdbcomu "YouTube")[](https://vimeo.com/afdb "Vimeo")[](https://www.afdb.org/en/rss-feeds "RSS")[](https://www.afdb.org/en/contacts "Email") [](http://www.afdb.org/en "African Development Bank Group") * [العربية](http://www.afdb.org/ar/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region) * [English](http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region) * [Français](http://www.afdb.org/fr/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region) * [Português](http://www.afdb.org/pt/documents/eoi-multinational-consultancy-services-undertake-assessment-capacity-and-capability-existing-pharmaceutical-research-and-analysis-centres-excellence-comesa-region) ## Search form  * [About Us](http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us) * 1. 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