Pharmaceuticals and Medical Industries

Egypt has many inherent advantages represented in the genius of its strategic location among the countries of the world, the ancient cultural heritage, and the large and growing population, in addition to the fact that the pharmaceutical industry is under development, which provides great opportunities for expansion and foreign investment in addition to local investment.

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the oldest strategic industries in Egypt, as it goes back to 1934 with the establishment of the Misr Pharmaceutical Company (Holdi Pharma), which was considered the first national facility at that time.

Egypt has given great attention to the priority of achieving self-sufficiency in medicine, and has also adopted policies focusing on developing medicines at the various stages of industry, at the level of raw materials used in medical preparations, basic chemicals, manufacturing and packaging, as well as marketing, selling and exporting. 

In this report, some key characteristics of the Egyptian pharmaceutical market will be highlighted, in addition to an overview of the key performance indicators, as well as some success stories in the pharmaceutical sector.

[1] Holdi Pharma company ​

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