Hepatitis C
Smoking deaths in Egypt 4 times higher than hepatitis
Health & Fitness
May 13, 2015
Smoking deaths in Egypt 4 times higher than hepatitis
Smoking-related deaths in Egypt, determined by the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Health Ministry to be approximately 170,000 annually,…
Egypt contracts US firm for new hepatitis drug
Egypt
May 12, 2015
Egypt contracts US firm for new hepatitis drug
Egypt has contracted US pharmaceuticals firm Gilead to make a new hepatitis C drug which will be on the market…
WHO adds hepatitis C drugs to essential list, urges lower prices
Health & Fitness
May 10, 2015
WHO adds hepatitis C drugs to essential list, urges lower prices
The World Health Organization has added new curative treatments for hepatitis C to its essential medicines list, but the UN…
Health Minister inaugurates Sovaldi factory
Egypt
May 3, 2015
Health Minister inaugurates Sovaldi factory
Health Minister Adel Adawy inaugurated a factory that will produce Sovaldi, the drug for hepatitis C, in Sadat City on Sunday.…
Hepatitis C treatment
Egypt
April 29, 2015
Hepatitis C treatment
Dr. Gamal Esmat, member of the National Committee to Combat Hepatitis C, said that treating patients with the Olysio drug…
Hepatitis C patients to be treated with new drug Olysio before June
Egypt
April 17, 2015
Hepatitis C patients to be treated with new drug Olysio before June
Hepatology professor at Qasr al-Aini Faculty of Medicine and Vice Chairman of the Hepatitis Viruses Committee Gamal Essmat said that…
Professor says newly-accredited US drug can cure Egyptian hepatitis
Egypt
April 9, 2015
Professor says newly-accredited US drug can cure Egyptian hepatitis
A drug recently accredited in the US for the treatment of chronic hepatitis could be used for the treatment of…
Official: 7 Egyptian companies to produce Solvadi
Egypt
April 1, 2015
Official: 7 Egyptian companies to produce Solvadi
Seven Egyptian pharmaceutical companies have received permits to produce the equivalent of the hepatitis C cure Solvadi, said Assistant Health…
Sheba company to produce 50000 hepatitis C vaccines in 2015
Egypt
March 26, 2015
Sheba company to produce 50000 hepatitis C vaccines in 2015
The International Company for Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries Sheba plans to produce 50,000 vaccines for the treatment of hepatitis C…
Sovaldi hepatitis drug available in pharmacies
Egypt
March 4, 2015
Sovaldi hepatitis drug available in pharmacies
The Health Ministry said Tuesday that the Egyptian equivalent of the US-made hepatitis drug, Sovaldi, is currently available in pharmacies. The…