Egypt has launched a drug tracking system to curb counterfeit medicines, but is it a silver bullet?
UPA’s debt crisis has led to severe drug shortages and higher out-of-pocket costs for patients
These companies' dominance extends beyond even the authority of nations themselves.
Critics say the UPA is 'profit-driven' and does little to regulate medical supply prices
The EDA approved price increases after increased requests from pharmaceutical companies
Leading pharmaceutical manufacturers convened with Parliament’s health committee and the Ministry of Health on Monday to discuss solutions to the ongoing pharmaceutical…
Core and annual inflation soared to seven-year highs in June, as the cost of food, medicine and medical care spiked.
Egypt’s General Intelligence Services (GIS) promised three convoys of subsidized food and medical supplies would be sent to Minya and Assiut, amid…
Abdel Rahman Salah’s mother has a heart condition. Using the hashtag, “Medicine is a right,” he highlighted a shortage of medication needed…
A public health campaign that began in the 1960s dramatically reduced the prevalence of schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease known locally as bilharzia,…
«Local newspapers recently reported that the first batch of sofosbuvir, the new drug for treating the hepatitis C virus (HCV), is expected to arrive in August,…»
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