Pharmaceutical companies
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…
Pharmaceutical companies threaten closure, workers layoff
Business
December 22, 2016
Pharmaceutical companies threaten closure, workers layoff
The crisis of the demands from pharmaceutical companies to increase medicine prices hs escalated, after a number of companies threatened…
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…
Pharmaceutical products prices to increase by up to 50%
Egypt
December 19, 2016
Pharmaceutical products prices to increase by up to 50%
Sources with the Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry said that domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies have agreed with the Ministry of…
Pharmaceutical companies demand 50% price increase on drugs
Egypt
December 17, 2016
Pharmaceutical companies demand 50% price increase on drugs
Pharmaceutical companies in Egypt yesterday rejected the Ministry of Health's decision to increase drug prices by 10% for each local…
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…
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…