Minapharm Pharmaceuticals has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Germany’s Bayer to localize drug production and boost pharma investments in Egypt.

The Arab Company for Pharmaceutical Raw Materials (Arab API) and the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), represented by the Economic Zone Investment Company Egypt's first multi-purpose factory for raw pharmaceutical materials.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has discussed with Huawei the possibility of fostering cooperation in the development and digitization of the healthcare system.

Egypt's public healthcare system stands at a critical juncture, with a mix of strengths and significant challenges. While the system has made strides in expanding access to healthcare services, issues such as overcrowding, outdated equipment, and limited resources hinder its effectiveness.

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population has inked a cooperation protocol with the Egyptian African Arab Company for Development (EGAAD) in the field of medical tourism.

Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has met with his Pakistani counterpart Nadeem Jan to discuss further collaboration in the healthcare sector between Egypt and Pakistan.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has issued 1.815 million decisions of treatment at state expense in the first half (H1) of 2023, with total expenses of EGP 9.462 billion.

The meeting touched on ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries to transfer Egypt's experience in comprehensive health reform as well as cooperation in attracting medical tourism coming from Cameroon to Egypt for treatment in the ministry's hospitals.

The meeting also tackled benefiting from the experiences of the two countries in the family planning system, as the two sides agreed on the importance of developing an advanced road map in this regard.

On the sidelines of the World Government Summit 2023 in Dubai, they also reviewed the promising investment opportunities in the Egyptian healthcare sector.

The pair probed possible means of benefiting from the Spanish expertise to further enhance medical services in the ophthalmology hospitals in Egypt. The meeting also dealt with discussing means of cooperation in the fields of organ transplantation and liver cancer.

Egyptian Health Ministry signed a cooperation protocol with International SOS to provide healthcare services for foreign patients, according to a statement by the ministry on January 30th.