medicines

Health Ministry seeks to build pharma ‘alliance’ for locally made tumor drugs
Egypt

Health Ministry seeks to build pharma ‘alliance’ for locally made tumor drugs

Egypt's Health Ministry is in talks with local pharmaceutical companies over the creation of an "alliance" of Egyptian companies that…
Pharma firms accused of ‘manipulation’ amid drug price hike
Egypt

Pharma firms accused of ‘manipulation’ amid drug price hike

Pharmaceutical companies, distributors and pharmacies have been accused of taking advantage of the government's recent decision to increase the price…
Egyptian scientists develop new, low-cost hepatitis-C drug
Business

Egyptian scientists develop new, low-cost hepatitis-C drug

Egyptian medical researchers have announced an apparent scientific breakthrough in the treatment of hepatitis-C, in the form of a medicine…
Dollar crisis hits pharma industry, causing shortages, possible production halt
Business

Dollar crisis hits pharma industry, causing shortages, possible production halt

Egypt's pharmaceuticals industry is facing a serious shortage of raw materials, as well as serious financial difficulties, as a result…
433 drugs were missing on the market in November: report
Egypt

433 drugs were missing on the market in November: report

Al-Masry Al-Youm obtained a list naming 433 missing drugs on the market for the month of November.
Once-a-week diabetes meds are similar in safety and effectiveness
Health & Fitness

Once-a-week diabetes meds are similar in safety and effectiveness

There's little difference in the performance of five new once-a-week drugs to treat diabetes when they're compared to one another,…
Public pharmaceutical companies launch a campaign to avoid losses
Health & Fitness

Public pharmaceutical companies launch a campaign to avoid losses

The Pharmacists' Syndicate launched a campaign on Tuesday to save public sector pharmaceutical companies from losses, which amounted this year…
Pharmacists say agreement on expired drugs to apply ‘unconditionally’
Egypt

Pharmacists say agreement on expired drugs to apply ‘unconditionally’

Egypt’s Pharmacists' Syndicate said that an agreement it signed on Friday designed to free the pharmaceuticals market from expired drugs…
Shortage of Anti-Rh injections for pregnant women caused the death of 4,000 fetuses in 8 months
Egypt

Shortage of Anti-Rh injections for pregnant women caused the death of 4,000 fetuses in 8 months

Pharmacists and importers have recently discussed the shortages in certain important medical drugs as a result of the Central Bank…
Plant ‘milkers’ seek molecules for medicines and make-up
Health & Fitness

Plant ‘milkers’ seek molecules for medicines and make-up

A quiet village in eastern France is home to an unusual greenhouse. Farmers at the site in Laronxe, about 100 km…
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