Health News
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Accelerating work to transform Egypt into regional hub for pharmaceuticals
The drug industry has received due share of the state drive to become a regional industrial hub.
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Dye shortage in Egypt for CT scans threatens patient lives
Badria Hussein has been searching for this substance for a month in Damietta Governorate hospitals.
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Elezaby Pharmacy reaches a landmark milestone: 400 branches across Egypt
This accomplishment reflects Elezaby’s enduring commitment to making healthcare accessible.
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PM urges maximizing benefit from project to develop El-Esaaf pharmacies
The State is highly interested in boosting the local manufacture of medicines, as it seeks to provide a safe stock of raw materials used to make drugs
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Localizing pharmaceutical raw materials provides product locally, doubles exports
He pointed out that localizing the raw materials industry contributes to the manufacture of medicines locally by 100 percent.
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Egypt signs $120m deal to establish pharmaceutical industrial zone
It will focus on producing key raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, further strengthening Egypt's self-sufficiency in medicines.
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Egypt reaches WHO ML3 in medicines regulation
This makes Egypt the first African country to achieve this classification in the field of regulating medicines and vaccines.
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Egypt to locally produces insulin pens for the first time
Approximately 15 percent of Egyptians suffer from diabetes, which makes the provision of local insulin an urgent necessity to meet the needs.
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Premium HealthCare’s EGM approves over $33mln acquisition deals
The EGX-listed firm will fully acquire five companies for a total value of EGP 1.46 billion.
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Advanced Immunotherapy for Liver Cancer Treatment Launched in Egypt
This new medicine is now available at 22 specialised units nationwide, which provide free treatment to patients.
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Egypt’s regulatory system reaches WHO maturity level 3 in medicines regulation
The WHO benchmarking process, conducted using its GBT, evaluates regulatory systems against more than 250 indicators.
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Access Health Int’l aims to foster investment in Egypt healthcare system
The company aims to foster investment in Egypt's healthcare system and promote opportunities in the Egyptian health sector globally.
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Egypt targets diabetes with homegrown Insulin
This initiative marks a critical step toward achieving self-sufficiency in drug production and addressing the growing needs of diabetic populations.
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Egypt’s Health Insurance System Expands to Cover 70 Million Citizens
He announced that the sector's budget has increased four-fold over the past decade, reaching a total of EGP 1 trillion by 2024.
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Pharmaceuticals and food sectors key focus of Saudi ministers’ Egypt trip
Alkhorayef met with senior Egyptian officials and major private sector leaders to highlight Saudi Arabia’s competitive investment environment.
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Egypt, US to promote trade, Investment in healthcare Sector
More than 60 American businesses had a call with the Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan ElKhatib to promote US-Egypt trade.
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Egyptian government dues owed to pharma firms hit EGP 50 bn
The pharma sector is set to implement phased price hikes affecting around 100 drugs per month.
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LE10B allocation for dues owed to pharmaceutical companies by Egypt
This initiative aims to enhance medicine availability in the market and stabilize the pharmaceutical industry.
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Rameda records 22.17% YoY consolidated profit hike in 9 months
Revenue jumped to EGP 1.784 billion in January-September from EGP 1.388 million in the year-ago period.
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Egypt, Azerbaijan forge stronger economic ties in pharmaceuticals
Madbouly expressed Egypt’s goal to deepen trade and investment exchanges and broaden cooperation in key sectors.