Adopted in February 2019 by the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is set to provide regulatory leadership on access to safe, effective, good quality and affordable essential medicines and health technologies through coordination of on-going regulatory systems. On the margins of the recently concluded March Sittings of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Permanent Committees, the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Affairs convened a meeting to review the status of the AMAT and sensitize representatives of the continental Parliament on the need to promote the ratification of the treaty at national level, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.