medicines
34 Khanka Mental Health Hospital officials referred to trial over death of 10 patients
Egypt
October 30, 2018
34 Khanka Mental Health Hospital officials referred to trial over death of 10 patients
Egypt’s Administrative Prosecution Authority (APA) on Tuesday referred 34 officials from Khanka Mental Health Hospital for urgent trial on charges…
Expired drugs to be withdrawn from market: officials
Egypt
May 29, 2017
Expired drugs to be withdrawn from market: officials
Osama Rostom, Vice President of the Pharmaceutical Industry Chamber of the Federation of Industries, said that the Chamber is coordinating…
Pharmaceutical employees arrested for illegally obtaining LE9 million in medicines
Egypt
May 1, 2017
Pharmaceutical employees arrested for illegally obtaining LE9 million in medicines
The State Funds Prosecution arrested on Monday the head of sales and marketing at a pharmaceutical company, affiliated to the…
Government to issue ‘drug monitoring’ system to combat pharmaceutical fraud
Egypt
April 18, 2017
Government to issue ‘drug monitoring’ system to combat pharmaceutical fraud
The Ministry of Health has decided to issue a "drug monitoring" system which aims to control the pharmaceutical market, eliminate…
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Egypt
February 2, 2017
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Thirty-eight pharmaceutical drugs that have no alternatives were missing from shelves in January 2017, compared to 40 missing varieties in…
Sisi orders imports of 146 unavailable medications subsidized by national company
Egypt
November 17, 2016
Sisi orders imports of 146 unavailable medications subsidized by national company
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi instructed Health Minister Ahmed Rady to order a national company to swiftly import medicines that are…
Egypt to cut down imported medicines for three months
Business
November 8, 2016
Egypt to cut down imported medicines for three months
After the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced the pound floatation last Thursday, pharmaceutical companies have notified pharmacies Monday that…
Pharma companies targeting poor Egytians for drug trails: NGO
Egypt
October 19, 2016
Pharma companies targeting poor Egytians for drug trails: NGO
Egypt ranks second among African nations for the number of drugs trials conducted by pharmaceutical companies, due in part to…
Egypt signs LE400 mn deal to build first tumor medicines factory
Egypt
August 22, 2016
Egypt signs LE400 mn deal to build first tumor medicines factory
The Egyptian government has signed an agreement with private drug company Pharco Pharmaceuticals to build the country's first factory producing…
Most medicines are still available, despite shortages: Health Ministry
Egypt
June 29, 2016
Most medicines are still available, despite shortages: Health Ministry
The Health Ministry has advised citizens seeking hard-to-find medicines that most of them are indeed available, despite rumors to the…