Sovaldi
National hepatitis commission accused of adopting untested therapy
Egypt
October 14, 2015
National hepatitis commission accused of adopting untested therapy
Sources at the Health Ministry have accused the ministry’s hepatitis control department of adopting new strategies to combat the hepatitis…
Health Ministry announces new Hep C drug Qurevo
Egypt
October 9, 2015
Health Ministry announces new Hep C drug Qurevo
A new drug to tackle Hepatitis C will be available in the next few days, announced the Health Ministry at…
Sovaldi drug for Hep C disappears from the market
Egypt
October 7, 2015
Sovaldi drug for Hep C disappears from the market
The Sovaldi drug for the treatment of Hepatitis C has disappeared from the market, which threatens President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s…
Health Minister stands trial over inordinate Sovaldi pricing
Egypt
August 26, 2015
Health Minister stands trial over inordinate Sovaldi pricing
Health Minister Adel al-Adawy is standing trial on October 24 over a lawsuit accusing him of tagging inordinate prices for a much-needed,…
Health minister reduces Sovaldi price to LE1,600
Egypt
June 29, 2015
Health minister reduces Sovaldi price to LE1,600
Health Minister Adel al-Adawy issued a decision to cut the price of the local Sovaldi drug, dedicated to the treatment…
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…
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.…
Locally produced Sovaldi on the market as of Saturday
Egypt
April 10, 2015
Locally produced Sovaldi on the market as of Saturday
The chairman of the company producing Sovaldi in Egypt, Al-Sayed Hindawi, said on Thursday that the Health Ministry approved a…
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: Sovaldi cure rate reaches more than 95%
Egypt
April 8, 2015
Official: Sovaldi cure rate reaches more than 95%
Yehia al-Shazly, member of the National Committee for the Fight Against Liver Viruses, said “rate of recovery of patients cured…