medicines
Health Ministry seeks to build pharma ‘alliance’ for locally made tumor drugs
Egypt
June 3, 2016
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
May 25, 2016
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
April 18, 2016
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
March 17, 2016
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
December 10, 2015
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
December 8, 2015
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
October 28, 2015
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
October 5, 2015
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
August 9, 2015
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
July 23, 2015
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…