Health Ministry to allow exports of IV solutions to resume “soon”

The Health Ministry will allow exports of IV solutions to resume “soon” as long as there is sufficient production to cover domestic consumption, an unnamed ministry source tells Al Shorouk. According to the source, domestic consumption hovers around 120 mn bottles per annum, of which United Pharma had produced 50 mn bottles prior to its shuttering in July 2015. United Pharma’s chairman Abdallah Mahfouz says the company ready to reopen its IV solutions factory, and is waiting on the ministry’s approval, according to Al Borsa.