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Egypt opens mega pharmaceutical city Egypt inaugurated the first of its kind and one of the largest pharmaceutical cities in the Middle East, as the country seeks to become a regional center for the manufacture of medicines.
A pharmacy employee reaches out to grab a box of medicine in a pharmacy, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 9, 2016.
April 10, 2021
CAIRO Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened April 1 Gypto Pharma City in Khanka in Greater Cairo, which is one of the largest pharmaceutical cities in the Middle East.
The city spans over an area of 182,000 square meters (45 acres). Sisi inaugurated the first phase of the city, which covers an area of 120,000 square meters (30 acres). The remaining area dedicated to the manufacture of cancer drugs and hormones will be inaugurated at a later stage, which has yet to be set.
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Pharmacist Siham Itani wearing a protective mask looks at her mobile phone inside her pharmacy in Beirut, Oct. 6, 2020. (Reuters) Beirut - Paula Astih
The sight of empty shelves in the majority of pharmacies throughout Lebanon demonstrates the extent of the crisis the country’s health sector is enduring.
Pharmacies have been suffering from the drop in the value of the local currency and the people’s hording of medicine before the state stops subsidizing them, which would lead to their prices increasing a whopping six-fold.
The hording continued in spite of assurances from the health minister and parliamentary health committee that the subsidies will not be lifted. They explained that the prices of medicine to treat chronic diseases will remain the same, while over the counter drugs and others that need a prescription will increase by 2.5 their original price and based on the Ce