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Egypt Internationally renowned healthcare quality and safety expert Dr Ashraf Ismail explains the concept behind the Egyptian General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation (GAHAR), its work in setting and implementing standards as well as accrediting healthcare institutions in Egypt, and his hopes for the country’s transformational rollout of universal health…

Egypt Under the auspices of a wide-ranging Vision 2030 economic transformation plan, Egypt is moving towards covering the entirety of its 100 million plus population under a universal healthcare insurance scheme. Via direct presidential initiatives, the country has also made significant progress in tackling diseases like hepatitis C and breast cancer,…

Egypt Pfizer’s general manager for Egypt, Ahmed El-Shazly, comments on his return to Egypt after 19 years away, the significant opportunities ahead for the affiliate as it looks to find its place within the country’s healthcare transformation, and the noteworthy MoU signed with the government to potentially localise the production of…

Egypt Mohamed Ali Abd El Azim gives several insights into GSK’s sizeable production footprint in Egypt, how the organisation’s aims dovetail with Egypt’s healthcare transformation, and what makes him proud to work in pharma manufacturing.   Our country is improving and reshaping the healthcare industry and we as GSK have the…

Egypt MSD’s managing director for Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, Hazem Abdel Samie, shares his perspective on recent changes within the American multinational and explains why Egypt’s move from a predominantly out-of-pocket market to a public system will open up many new opportunities. He also offers his view on the possibility…

Egypt Bayer’s Hatem Ismail introduces the company’s important work to help Egypt meet its ambitious Vision 2030 transformation goals; its significant footprint in the country across innovative pharmaceuticals, OTC drugs, and crop science products; and his bold ambitions for the affiliate’s future growth.   Bayer Egypt probably has one of the…

Egypt Roche Pharma General Manager in Egypt Mohamed Swilam shares his experience implementing a new operational model that is “challenging the status quo” of the pharma industry. He also explains the changing dynamics of the Egyptian pharma market – the fastest growing in the Middle East and Africa region – and…

Egypt The CEO of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance Authority (UHIA) Hossam Sadek outlines the country’s strategy to provide healthcare coverage for the entire population by 2030, explains how the system will be financed, the first results from pilot programs across a few governorates, and the main challenges ahead, including a change…

Egypt Takeda Egypt’s Samy Khalil gives an overview of the company’s presence in the country and the fundamentals behind its double-digit growth there, provides his view of the healthcare transformation of the country – both achievements and challenges – and explains why Egypt was added to Takeda’s Access Markets cluster.  …

Egypt Amgen’s country director for the ELI cluster (Egypt, Levant, and Iran), Ahmed Kishta, dives into the dynamics shaping the Egyptian market, Egypt’s Vision 2030 and how Amgen is contributing to the health of Egyptian patients.   The effort to transform healthcare in Egypt has been tremendous during the last 5-6…

Middle East & Africa Samir Khalil, executive director for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Middle East and Africa, touts the USD 1.1 trillion that its member companies have invested in R&D since 2000 and analyses the opportunities in Egypt as the country moves closer to implementing universal healthcare. In addition, he…

Middle East & Africa Apart from a maturing regulatory environment and the expansion of healthcare coverage across the region, a number of other factors are contributing to the evolution of the MEA pharma market. Results from the second wave of a PhRMA-commisioned IQVIA market access study covering Saudi Arabia (KSA), UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan,…