Prime Minister Moustafa
Madbouli chaired on Monday a meeting over mechanisms to develop the medicine
industry in Egypt, higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Health
Minister Hala Zayed, presidential adviser for health affairs Mohamed Awad Tag
el Din in addition to other statesmen.
The premier said coronavirus crisis is a major threat to all world countries
and it drew our attention to the importance of developing medicine industry in
Egypt, he said developing the medicine industry has been already on the table
but this crisis expedited efforts exerted in this regard.
He underlined the importance of speeding up medicine registration measures and
encouraging factories to develop medicine production, he gave instructions of
the importance of providing all medicines in all pharmacies and hospitals.
Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt is the first Arab and African country in the field of
drug production, saying we have all needed potentials especially as there are
more than 150 factories operating in this domain, he said the country is
exerting tremendous efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in drug production to
guarantee the availability of drugs at affordable prices.
Source: Egypt Today
