Dr. Felistas Chepwogen is an accomplished pharmacist and pharmaceutical regulatory professional with over two decades of experience in medicines regulation, bioequivalence, regulatory systems strengthening, pharmaceutical quality assurance, regional harmonization, and project management. She has built a distinguished career within Kenya’s national medicines regulatory system, providing technical and strategic leadership in initiatives aimed at strengthening pharmaceutical regulation and ensuring access to safe, effective, quality-assured medicines. She also played a leading role in the development of minimum requirements for pharmacy student training and pharmacist registration in Kenya.

Her expertise extends to pharmaceutical manufacturing, stakeholder engagement, medicines registration, and regional regulatory harmonization. She has worked closely with local manufacturers and contributed to the development and implementation of harmonized medicines registration and regulatory frameworks within the East African Community (EAC). She also played a key role in Kenya’s ratification of the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), contributing to broader efforts to strengthen regulatory cooperation and medicines regulatory systems across Africa.

Dr. Chepwogen currently serves as Head of the Bioequivalence Division at the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), Kenya, where she provides leadership in the implementation of bioequivalence and therapeutic equivalence requirements for multisource medicines. Her professional interests and expertise include resource mobilization, project management, regulatory capacity strengthening, and national, regional, and international coordination. She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) and a Master of Science in Tropical and Infectious Diseases (MSc TID) from the University of Nairobi, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.