Healthcare laws should guarantee access to meds

Egypt’s new healthcare law should include provisions that guarantee access to medication, Alaa Ghanam writes in a column for Al Shorouk. He argues that one way to do that is to pass policies that would boost the local pharma industry’s performance, by setting quality standards for the industry, promoting scientific research, and setting a clear strategy for imports and exports of meds. Because pharmacare? That ain’t gonna work, right?