France’s Sanofi to buy INBRX-101 for $2.2 bln
France’s Sanofi, the giant healthcare company, is set to buy US drug development project INBRX-101 from Inhibrx…
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Aramco’s Prosperity7VC invests in Chinese health startup Cispoly
Aramco’s Prosperity7 Ventures announced on Thursday the investment in Chinese medtech startup Cispoly, a maker of…
Egypt’s EDA, Nigeria’s NAFDAC sign MoU
The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s National Agency for…
Egypt launches 51 reproductive health units across the country
Egypt launched 51 health units for reproductive health services across the country, said Hossam Abdelghaffar,…
Egypt’s GYPTO Pharma inks EGP 4bln deal to produce medicine in KSA
Egypt's medical city GYPTO Pharma and a group of local companies on Monday signed four billion Egyptian pounds…
Egypt builds 1st factory for plasma derivatives in NAC
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population announced that Grifols Egypt for Plasma Derivatives factory will be…
Egypt becomes 1st country to attain WHO approval on the way to hepatitis C end
The World Health Organisation (WHO) congratulates Egypt for becoming the first country to achieve gold tier status…
Egypt launches 1st integrated genetics laboratory – minister
Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has launched the first laboratory for pathological…
Egypt, Armenia discuss healthcare cooperation opportunities
Egypt and Armenia discussed opportunities for cooperation in the healthcare sector on Tuesday, said Egyptian…
Verisk enters Egypt health insurance market via AXA deal
AXA Life Insurance Egypt has selected Verisk’s Health Risk Rating Tool and Ratings Engine to access substandard…
Egypt’s Haya Karima launches mental health initiative
Egypt's national campaign for improving living conditions in rural areas, Haya Karima, has launched its first…
Egypt, Greece mull cooperation in healthcare sector
Egypt and Greece are mulling cooperation in various healthcare fields, said the Egyptian Ministry of Health in a…
Egypt, Türkiye sign MoU to enhance medical tourism cooperation
Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) has signed on Thursday a MoU with the Turkish-Arab Countries Business Association…
WHO holds First Traditional Medicine Global Summit
The World Health Organization (WHO) holds the First Traditional Medicine Global Summit will take place on 17 and 18…
Kuwait detects EG.5 COVID variant
Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it had detected the new COVID-19 omicron variant, EG.5,…
Egypt’s Ibnsina Pharma records double earnings of 105% in Q2
Egypt-based pharmaceutical distribution company, Ibnsina Pharma's (ISPH) profit doubled by 105.4 percent during the…
Pfizer, Flagship Pioneering to invest $100 mln in drug discovery
Pfizer and venture firm, Flagship Pioneering, are investing $100 million to develop 10 new potential drugs for…
Egypt, Japan to build medical lab tests equipment plant
UG Medical, based in Egypt, is set to build a factory to produce medical lab test equipment in partnership with a…
Egyptian parliament approves JICA healthcare insurance fund
Egypt’s House of Representatives has on Wednesday approved a $336 million loan agreement signed with the Japan…
Eva Pharma, Roche sign agreement to localise immune suppressant drug production in Egypt
Eva Pharma signed agreement with Swiss drug maker Roche to localise the provided medicines production for patients…
Russia participates for the first time in Africa Health ExCon
Moscow’s government is participating in the second edition of Africa Health ExCon, making it the country’s first…
Saudi German Hospitals, Africa Health ExCon launch Caring Like Family Award
Saudi German Health Hospitals Group and Africa Health ExCon launched the Caring Like Family Award- Africa, it came…
Jean Kaseya thanks Egypt for its concern for health sector in Africa
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) director general, Jean Kaseya, thanked Egypt for…
Egypt’s national projects contribute to less mental health issues – minister
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, said on Tuesday that national projects in Egypt…
Egypt’s expenditure volume rises to reach EGP 222bln in health sector – minister
Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, stated that the amount of expenditure made within…
Sisi inaugurates 2nd edition of Africa Health ExCon
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi witnessed on Tuesday the inauguration of the second edition of the Africa…
AstraZeneca Egypt to improve productivity by 50% in next 3 years
AstraZeneca plans to invest more in Egypt and increase productivity by 50 percent in the next three years, said…
WHO: Monkeypox no longer global public health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared on Thursday an end to the global health emergency for the…
Women should undergo breast cancer tests at 40 years old
Women should now undergo breast cancer tests at the age of 40 instead of 50, according to a panel of experts in the…
Johnson & Johnson boosts full-year guidance
Johnson & Johnson lifted its full-year forecast by reporting adjusted earnings and revenues on Tuesday that…
JICA signs $336 mln ODA loan agreement with Egypt
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed on Monday a 44 million Japanese yen (JPY) ($336 million)…
Pfizer to deliver cancer therapy after Seagen acquisition
Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, said on Monday that the huge firm will be able to deliver Seagen’s cancer therapy at an…
Pfizer in talks to buy Seagen for more than $30bln
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is in early talks to buy drug making company Seagen Inc. and it has cited…
Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Bahrain ink $2 bln of industrial deals
Companies from Egypt, the UAE, Jordan, and Bahrain have on Sunday signed industrial agreements with an investment…
SEDICO starts trials runs of first anti-cancer drug plant in Egypt
SEDICO Pharmaceutical Industries, one of ACDIMA Group’s companies, announced on Wednesday that it began trial…
Egypt to become Africa’s pharma industry hub at Africa Health ExCon 2023
Egypt aims to become Africa’s hub in the pharmaceutical industry, said Bahaa El-Din Zidan, Egyptian Authority for…
U.S. Cooler Heads startup receives FDA clearance to help save cancer patients’ hair
U.S.-based technology start-up Cooler Heads announced on Thursday it had received Food and Drug Administration…
Egypt’s PM inaugurates BioGeneric Pharma factory for mRNA vaccines, biologics
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has inaugurated on Saturday a factory owned by pharmaceutical company…
Egypt to host 2nd edition of Africa Health ExCon next June
Africa Health ExCon, the largest medical conference and exhibition in the continent, will launch the second edition…
Scientists reaches key milestone in learning how to reverse aging at mice
Results from a new study by Harvard researchers have successfully reversed the process of aging in mice by making…