Tagged with Egypt

Pharma Five days before the January 25th revolution of 2011, Rameda changed ownership and CEO Amr Morsy set out to turn-around the mismanaged business. Five years later, revenues are up 4.5 times and the company is building a position as a regional leader in the Middle Eastern nutraceuticals market. In 2011,…

Pharma Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, the largest private Saudi pharmaceutical company with commercial operations in 25 countries in middle east and 5 European countries with a portfolio of more than 250 products, chose Egypt to consolidate its international presence in the Middle East and North Africa. The general manager for Egypt and Sudan…

Pharma Egypt can boast some of the most modern manufacturing sites in the Arab world. The CEO of Future Pharmaceutical Industries discusses the importance of promoting exports, the ambitious plans of the company as well as the importance of education in leveraging the full potential of the country. How would you assess the…

Pharma Starting as a pharmacy chain, Hefny Pharma Group has developed into a group focused on manufacturing, importing and distributing pharmaceutical products to the Egyptian market, with an eye on the specific needs of patients. The founder and CEO discusses the vision behind the creation of the group, the market opportunities…

Pharma The chairman of Egypt’s largest holding company for pharmaceutical manufacturers, ACDIMA, shares his vision for how Egyptian manufacturers can enhance their competitiveness in the coming years, and extend their activities further up the value chain into API production and R&D activities. How well prepared are Egyptian companies to compete in…

Pharma Marcyrl grew 40 percent and jumped from 15th to 9th place in the Egyptian market in 2014. With growth remaining strong, the board explains the keys to success for doing business in an unstable environment, and shares their plans for expansion, including a nearly completed hormonal facility. Marcyrl has expanded…

Pharma With a large and growing population, and significant domestic health needs, Lilly Egypt general manager Ozkan Ozdogan sees many opportunities for various stakeholders to serve patients, and is focusing on improving healthcare practitioners’ ability to better train diabetes patients to manage their condition.    After 14 years with Lilly Turkey in…

Pharma Servier Egypt’s recently arrived general manager shares his first impressions and assessments of the Egyptian business environment, and discusses the potential he sees for Servier Egypt to build upon its already strong position in the market. After three months in Egypt, what is your initial assessment of the country? Upon…

Pharma OrganoPharma’s founder and chairman Dr. Mowfak Sakr explains how he founded his company to try and provide the 40 million people in Egypt who lack healthcare insurance of any kind with safe, effective, and affordable medicines, and shares his vision for expanding the company internationally. Dr. Sakr, what is OrganoPharma…

Pharma Phyto-Pharmaceuticals often offer better, more sustainable treatment solutions than synthetic pharmaceuticals, explains the Sekem group’s CEO Helmy Abouleish. Atos Pharma’s CEO Ashraf Mamdouh expands on the companies current plans for expansion in Egypt and internationally, as their manufacturing facility is currently awaiting EMA and FDA certification.  ATOS Pharma is a…

Pharma Medical Union Pharmaceuticals (MUP) acquired Lilly’s Egyptian human insulin vial manufacturing facility in early 2015. Managing Director Ahmed Kelani discusses the national significance of this acquisition given Egypt’s high prevalence of diabetes, and how the transferred technology will support MUP’s ambition to become a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in the region.…

Pharma As the founder of Egypt’s leading commercial agent for advanced medical technologies, Mahmoud Bagneid has a simple goal for Egyptian healthcare; for all Egyptian’s to be aware that they should have a yearly heath checkup, and to have regular basic blood tests to diagnose diabetes, hypertension, and other common health…