drugs
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
Egypt
March 7, 2017
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
The Ministry of Health announced the list of drugs that were unavailable on the market during the month of February…
Police officer arrested for stealing drugs from evidence
Egypt
March 5, 2017
Police officer arrested for stealing drugs from evidence
A police officer was arrested on Saturday by the Shubra al-Kheima prosecution for stealing 17 packs of heroin that had been…
3 police officers detained over fraud, arms and drug dealing
Egypt
February 28, 2017
3 police officers detained over fraud, arms and drug dealing
The Prosecution Office in the Warraq district of Giza ordered the chief detective in Shubra al-Khaimah's Second District Police Station…
Deadly US heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study
Health & Fitness
February 27, 2017
Deadly US heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study
The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency…
Philippine protestors take to the streets as Duterte jails top critic
World
February 25, 2017
Philippine protestors take to the streets as Duterte jails top critic
More than 1,000 people took to the streets of Manila on Saturday to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war…
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt
February 6, 2017
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt's Health Ministry said on Monday it has seized a huge unlicensed drugs warehouse containing huge amounts of local and…
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Egypt
February 2, 2017
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Thirty-eight pharmaceutical drugs that have no alternatives were missing from shelves in January 2017, compared to 40 missing varieties in…
MP Khaled Youssef arrested at Cairo airport for possessing drugs, says pills for headaches
Egypt
January 29, 2017
MP Khaled Youssef arrested at Cairo airport for possessing drugs, says pills for headaches
MP and filmmaker Khaled Youssef has said “drugs found [in his luggage] were not Tramadol, but Xanax, which treats headaches.…
Pharmacists Syndicate suspends partial strike sues health ministry decision
Egypt
January 15, 2017
Pharmacists Syndicate suspends partial strike sues health ministry decision
The Pharmacists Syndicate’s general assembly decided on Saturday to file a lawsuit against the health minister’s decision that ordered raising…
Chaos hits pharmacies after new pricing system imposed
Egypt
January 14, 2017
Chaos hits pharmacies after new pricing system imposed
Chaos hit pharmacies on Friday as the new pricing system went into effect raising prices by 15 percent for locally…