Head of the Egyptian Drug Authority Dr. Ali Al-Ghamrawy stressed that the main goal of the Drug Authority in all its sectors is to provide safe and effective medicine to citizens.

Dr. Al-Ghamrawy explained that the Egyptian state supports the pharmaceutical industry and its localization to confront global changes, adding: “We are implementing the directives of the political leadership to comprehensively localize pharmaceutical industries and we are preparing attractive incentives for pharmaceutical investment to grow the sector and meet the country’s pharmaceutical needs.”

Dr. Ali Al-Ghamrawy said in press statements that “there is an increase in the number of pharmaceutical factories by 37 percent and 60 percent in production lines,” indicating the authority’s communication with all parties in the industry.

Regarding what is being raised about the shortage of medicines, Dr. Ali Al-Ghamrawy said that the pharmaceutical industry in Egypt is one of the important industries. “We strongly support the provision
of Egyptian medicine to patients and there are accurate follow-ups by the authority’s sectors to secure and provide medicines.”

He further added that the percentage of medicine shortage does not exceed 7 percent, and that there is cooperation with factories and companies and “everyone stands behind the patient and implements the directives of the Egyptian state that aims for a decent healthy life.”

Source: State Information Service Egypt