The Health Ministry denied that expired drugs are being used to treat hepatitis C patients, Al Shorouk reports. This came after Pharma Syndicate head Mohi Ebeid claimed 49,000 med boxes were distributed to the Health Insurance Authority after the ministry scrapped the marked expiry date. The imported drug’s expiration date was extended to 30 from 24 months, as requested by the US company producing it, according to the head of the ministry’s pharmaceutical affairs division, Rasha Ziada. Health Ministry spokesperson Khaled Megahed denied the allegations, saying the drugs used in Egypt show a 99% success rate in treating hepatitis C patients. The Health Ministry will file a complaint to the Prosecutor General against those who spread false allegations, the ministry said, according to the newspaper.

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