Latest in Tag: medicine Highlight
Latest in Tag: medicine

Egypt’s Health, Higher Education Ministers sign cooperation protocol in preventive medicine
The protocol includes cooperation in many common areas, including launching initiatives and supporting research projects

2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
UK-US discovery allowed for rapid development of antiviral drugs

Egypt has sufficient supply of medicine, medical equipment: Madbouly
Dexamethasone has been part of treatment protocol combating COVID-19 since beginning, says Zayed

Medical Syndicate rejects proposal for pharmacists to practice medicine
Such suggestions negatively impact Egypt’s medical reputation worldwide, says Khairy

Mariout Hills invests EGP 162m in first city for sports medicine
City will receive about 18,000 athletes annually

Nobel prize in medicine 2018 goes to cancer researchers, Honjo, Allison
Prize winners discovered cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation

Lissa:Critical take on modern medicine and the Arab Spring
The graphic novel is written by academics Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye, and illustrated by artists Sarula Bao and Caroline Brewer.

Health committee reject any new increases in medicine prices
Some pharmaceutical companies have submitted demands to the Ministry of Health to increase the prices of some medicine. In the past months, the Ministry of Health has agreed to increase prices of 24 products, after conducting an economic study of each one.

Medicine authority law to be issued within two months: Rady
Egypt hosts the Third Arab Conference for Food, Drug, and Medical Devices in April

Crisis between Health Ministry and companies boiling
We demand new increase next month to fulfil January promises: Foreign companies

No increase in medicine prices this year: Minister of Health
The minister signed an agreement with medicine companies to increase prices of new group of drugs in August, says Al-Leithi

German theater gives Trump a taste of his own medicine
The US president is known for his 140-character rants. Now a theater in Germany is taking on Donald Trump with a similar show of provocation. Spoiler alert: The White House falls apart at the end.Less than two months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the US leader remains a divisive figure in the public eye. His controversial …

Parliamentary Health Committee agrees to hold meetings on development of small medical units
The Doctors Syndicate has objected to the offering of small medical units to investors

Egypt is on right track after pound’s flotation, new investments to be injected soon: Ismail
Government expects new drug prices to have positive impact on availability of medicine in Egypt

Health Ministry increases prices of 3,000 drugs
The government did not bow to pressure from drug companies, and the interest of the patients was the foundation of negotiations, says minister

Agreement on new medicine prices to be completed within 10 days: Prime Minister
Negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to determine which medicines will be subject to the price increase, says cabinet spokesperson

Pharmaceutical companies reject Health Ministry’s proposal to increase medicine prices in stages
The companies demand that the pharmaceuticals pricing file be transferred to the prime minister, and prices be increased by 60%

State seizes Brotherhood-run medicine companies
The country is currently facing a supply crisis in essential medical products

Government meets foreign pharmaceutical company representatives to overcome medicine shortage
Companies demand government’s support in wake of higher production costs after pound’s flotation

Shortage in leukaemia medicine triggers cyber-campaign, authorities boost supplies
Authorities responded to the public distress and are sending Purinethol to cancer institutes

Health Committee to summon minister of health on soluble medicines shortage
Health Ministry is negotiating with Nile Pharma and Nasr Pharma to increase their shares, say sources

Raising prices failed to secure medicine, shortage will continue due to US dollar scarcity: Head of the Pharmaceutical Industry Chamber
Sales expected to grow by 15% and reach EGP 40bn this year; pharmaceutical companies require $2bn a year

Parliament speaker leans towards approving formation of medicine investigation committee
Committee to carry out investigations into unavailable medicines and monopolisation in sector, says Al-Mashad

Life in the land of ‘cheap’ medicine
People who become severely ill in the poorer EU countries lose out twice: They have to fight not only against their illness, but also against a medical undersupply that often has rather strange causes.

Government raises prices of medicine under EGP 30 by 20%
Pharmaceutical companies have demanded the government increase the prices of medicine after the devaluation of the pound against the US dollar

Egypt, Bahrain sign 11 MOU in various fields
Egypt presents its mega-development projects to attract Bahraini investments

CBE grants banks $104.5m to cover multinational companies’ demands to import medicine, food
Foreign exchange reserves register sixth consecutive monthly increase in March

CBE sells banks $500m to insure strategic imports of food commodities and medicine
The CBE conducted the sale at an exchange rate of EGP 7.73 per US dollar

Despite governmental supply of ‘Cordarone’, shortages persist
Crucial medicines shortage result of broad economic challenges, dollar price rise

Independent Current officially wins Doctor’s Syndicate elections
The current competed against a list of health ministry officials