# Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA)

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## TL;DR

Botswana's medicines regulator, which checks that medicines, medical devices and cosmetics, including cancer medicines, are safe, effective and of good quality.

## Summary

The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority is a corporate body established through the Medicines and Related Substances Act of 2013, strengthened and re-enacted in 2025; its website says it was established in 2018 as a statutory body under the Ministry of Health. Its mandate is to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of medical products and cosmetics for human and veterinary use, and it regulates medicines, medical devices and cosmetics. Its head office is at the Gaborone International Finance Park. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Gaborone.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: BoMRA
- City: Gaborone, BW
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.bomra.co.bw/

## Sources

- BoMRA: our mandate: https://www.bomra.co.bw/our-mandate/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Ministry of Health, Botswana](https://onco.cc/institutions/botswana-ministry-of-health/)

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