Egypt

As regional modernisation continues EIPICO could take advantage of a more widespread increase in healthcare demand, given Egypt's status as a gateway to other emerging and less penetrable... 2006-10-26

Egypt has promised to remove all obstacles restricting imports of Jordanian pharmaceuticals, bringing to an end a long running dispute between the countries. The pledge came after... 2006-10-02

The Egyptian government is planning to establish 50 state hospitals using both local and foreign private sector financing, according to the country's Minister of Health. The project... 2006-07-12

Egypt's pharmaceutical market was worth EGP11.5bn (US$1.94bn) in 2005 and is one of the largest in the Eastern Mediterranean region, second only to Turkey. However, government cost... 2006-07-12

Egypt's Health Minister, Hatem El-Gabali, has outlined ambitious plans to deal with the challenges facing the health sector in Egypt. Despite a poor regulatory framework, lack of... 2006-06-26

However, despite the problems with the healthcare system, Egypt's health indicators have improved. Female life expectancy at birth rose from 70.5 to 72.8 years between 1999 and 2004,... 2006-01-31

Low spending on R&D continues to blight the pharmaceutical industry in Egypt and continues to curtail sector development, claim market observers. The problem lies mainly in the... 2006-01-20