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Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt
February 7, 2017
Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt's Pharmacists Syndicate yesterday cancelled a planned protest and called off a strike that was to be held on February…
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt
February 6, 2017
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt's Health Ministry said on Monday it has seized a huge unlicensed drugs warehouse containing huge amounts of local and…
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Egypt
February 2, 2017
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Thirty-eight pharmaceutical drugs that have no alternatives were missing from shelves in January 2017, compared to 40 missing varieties in…
Pharmacists call for urgent meeting over ‘profit margin’ crisis
Egypt
January 28, 2017
Pharmacists call for urgent meeting over ‘profit margin’ crisis
Pharmacists Syndicate on Saturday called for an urgent meeting on Monday after the presidency's two weeks grace to solve their…
Health Ministry launches campaign for Hepatitis C patients in Minya village
Egypt
January 22, 2017
Health Ministry launches campaign for Hepatitis C patients in Minya village
The Health Ministry launched a campaign on Saturday to examine residents in Barageel village, Minya to find those carrying the Hepatitis C…
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
Egypt
January 17, 2017
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate said Monday that the presidency had invited its officials to a meeting with President Abdel Fattah…
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…
Pharmacists Syndicate suspends partial strike sues health ministry decision
Egypt
January 15, 2017
Pharmacists Syndicate suspends partial strike sues health ministry decision
The Pharmacists Syndicate’s general assembly decided on Saturday to file a lawsuit against the health minister’s decision that ordered raising…
Egypt raises prices on some medicines after currency plunge
Egypt
January 14, 2017
Egypt raises prices on some medicines after currency plunge
Egypt will raise prices for a number of medicines after months of negotiations with pharmaceutical companies hurt by dollar shortages…
Deputy Health Minister, employee referred to court over bribery
Egypt
January 12, 2017
Deputy Health Minister, employee referred to court over bribery
South Cairo Prosecution referred on Thursday Ahmed Aziz, Deputy Health Minister for the Specialized Medical Center Secretariat and Ayman Abdel…