drug pricing
Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt
February 7, 2017
Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt's Pharmacists Syndicate yesterday cancelled a planned protest and called off a strike that was to be held on February…
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
Egypt
January 17, 2017
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate said Monday that the presidency had invited its officials to a meeting with President Abdel Fattah…
Pharmacists threaten widescale strike over profit margin
Egypt
January 16, 2017
Pharmacists threaten widescale strike over profit margin
Pharmacies may go on a widescale strike on February 1 depending on the outcome of negotiations with the Health Ministry…
Sisi demands tight control on drug market
Egypt
January 14, 2017
Sisi demands tight control on drug market
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on Saturday, demanded Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to tighten control on the drug market to ensure…
Chaos hits pharmacies after new pricing system imposed
Egypt
January 14, 2017
Chaos hits pharmacies after new pricing system imposed
Chaos hit pharmacies on Friday as the new pricing system went into effect raising prices by 15 percent for locally…
Thousands to participate in strike over drugs profit margins: Pharmacists Syndicate
Egypt
December 27, 2016
Thousands to participate in strike over drugs profit margins: Pharmacists Syndicate
The head of the Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate, Mohie Eddin Ebeid, expected huge participation in a pharmacists strike planned for January…
Raising medicine prices will not solve shortage problem: Doctors Syndicate
Business
December 19, 2016
Raising medicine prices will not solve shortage problem: Doctors Syndicate
Egypt's Doctors Syndicate said that the Ministry of Health violated all previous commitments by agreeing to increase the price of…
Foreign pharmaceutical companies reject govt proposal on drug prices increase
Egypt
December 13, 2016
Foreign pharmaceutical companies reject govt proposal on drug prices increase
The drug pricing crisis escalated between the pharmaceutical companies and the Ministry of Health, in light of increased production costs…
New cocktails to test limits of cancer drug pricing
Health & Fitness
August 3, 2015
New cocktails to test limits of cancer drug pricing
New cancer drug cocktails set to reach the market in the next few years will test the limits of premium…