About
PharmD, Purdue University · Stanford Seed Transformation Program · Founder & CEO, InnovaRx Global Health.
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Trained as a pharmacist at Purdue. Built early career as a Walgreens community pharmacist before deciding the more interesting work was elsewhere.
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The diaspora-led thesis. The U.S. registration. The early years before the country operation existed.
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Opening the country office. The first patients. The decision to scale across five regions of The Gambia.
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COVID. The 2024 regulatory enforcement action. The convertible noteholder period and salary arrears. The rebuild.
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Advocacy. Drafting. Coalition-building. Passage of the Medicines and Related Products Amendment Act 2025.
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The Kartan Pharma capital raise. The WOW Compass platform. The next decade of the group’s work.
Credentials
PharmD
Purdue University College of Pharmacy
Stanford Seed Transformation Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business
President
Gambia Association of Resident Pharmacists Abroad (GARPA)
Chair
Builders Association of The Gambia
Program Manager, GC7
ActionAid · Global Fund HIV/AIDS grant
Author
Life as a Hyphen
Leadership & Service
Dr. Badjie holds elected and appointed leadership roles across the Gambian healthcare and private sector ecosystem — positions chosen for their ability to compound the same thesis: building durable infrastructure where systems are still being formed.
President
Leading the diaspora pharmacist body convening Gambian pharmacy professionals across the United States, the United Kingdom, and the broader diaspora to support the development of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical infrastructure at home.
Chair
Chairing the country’s leading association of founders and operators — convening private-sector leadership on policy, capital access, and the institutional reforms required for Gambian ventures to scale.
Program Manager · GC7
Managing implementation of a Global Fund Cycle 7 grant under ActionAid — coordinating clinical, supply chain, and community-health workstreams across the national HIV/AIDS response.
Policy advocacy
Led the multi-year private-sector advocacy effort that produced the Medicines and Related Products Amendment Act 2025 — modernising the regulatory framework that had paralysed the pharmaceutical sector for half a decade.
Boards & affiliations
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