{"id":639664,"date":"2024-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Subsi<\/strong><strong>dized loans for pharma players?<\/strong> The government has approved a EGP 7 bn of subsidized loans for pharma companies, offering them financing at an interest rate of 5-7% to help streamline meds production and secure necessary imports, head of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce\u2019s pharma division Ali Auf told Enterprise. The move will help end the ongoing meds shortage throughout the country. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Remember:<\/strong> The local market has seen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/208073c5-2ef2-4c62-a891-4a385a059b93\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">shortages of meds<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/0f20e8b9-2a88-4d84-9c4c-cbb7083d24eb\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">medical supplies<\/a> recently, just as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5df1cdae-0223-4453-8acf-85c87954c762\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">calls<\/a> from pharma players to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b514c8d2-44d3-41f8-9eac-ef500d9b464c\/egyptian-pharma-firms-receive-new-pricing-guidelines-that-will-open-the-way-to-price-hikes-up-to-50%2525\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">further<\/a> raise prices have piled up \u2014 most recently in response to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/862efbea-9bc6-40b6-8d32-1ad9e18c24ae\/emirati-president-lands-in-egypt-to-talk-investments,-regional-stability\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">rising fuel costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>More price hikes coming soon:<\/strong> The Egyptian Drug Authority has been approving price hikes for various types of medicine in response to companies\u2019 requests, Auf told us. Meds for chronic conditions will see smaller increases within the range of 10-30%, while those for non-chronic diseases will be subject to sharper 30-50% increases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Making progress:<\/strong> \u201cWe're monitoring the flow of meds into pharmas on a daily basis and have ensured that all essential meds are available, like those for blood pressure and diabetes,\u201d Auf told us, adding that the number of missing drugs will drop from 1k to fewer than 300 by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI: <\/strong>Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8883e2e1-8006-4fd6-be3c-58d871338ead\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a> that his cabinet is working on a plan to source 3k types of meds as part of a broader push to address the meds shortage within the next three months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>So it doesn\u2019t happen again: <\/strong>The government has added 1.5k new drug warehouses to the pharma division and restructured the drug distribution system, Auf said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug prices will soon see hikes ranging between 10-50%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7304],"tags":[317,424,72,427],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-639664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pharma","tag-commodities","tag-egyptian-drug-authority","tag-enterpriseam","tag-pharma","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"a999619f-062f-426f-9d80-51833220c11b","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players","related_issue":[639656],"teaser":"Drug prices will soon see hikes ranging between 10-50%","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/8\/.c6021211-e7db-43be-991b-0c2bae4391c5.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drug prices will soon see hikes ranging between 10-50%\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EnterpriseAM Egypt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"commodities\",\"Egyptian Drug Authority\",\"EnterpriseAM\",\"pharma\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PHARMA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\",\"name\":\"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players - EnterpriseAM Egypt\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EnterpriseAM\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg\",\"caption\":\"EnterpriseAM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players - EnterpriseAM Egypt","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players","og_description":"Drug prices will soon see hikes ranging between 10-50%","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/","og_site_name":"EnterpriseAM Egypt","article_published_time":"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players","datePublished":"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/"},"wordCount":303,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["commodities","Egyptian Drug Authority","EnterpriseAM","pharma"],"articleSection":["PHARMA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/","name":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players - EnterpriseAM Egypt","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/08\/13\/govt-to-end-meds-shortage-with-subsidized-loans-for-pharma-players\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gov\u2019t to end meds shortage with subsidized loans for pharma players"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","name":"EnterpriseAM","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#organization","name":"EnterpriseAM","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/240894.svg","caption":"EnterpriseAM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/8\/1023.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":578836,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/01\/16\/striking-gas-price-hikes-coming-for-meds\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":0},"title":"Striking gas + price hikes coming for meds?","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"16 January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The talking heads honed in on Chevron and Eni\u2019s \u201csignificant\u201d EastMed gas find last night (more on that in today\u2019s Energy section.) Elsewhere, the pundits aired a warning that meds could be about to get pricer on the back of the latest EGP deval and looked at new measures to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LAST NIGHT\u2019S TALK SHOWS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LAST NIGHT\u2019S TALK SHOWS","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/last-nights-talk-shows\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2023\/1\/250.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":614601,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/02\/05\/pricier-meds-ahead\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":1},"title":"Pricier meds ahead?","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"5 February 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Some 1.5k drugs \u2014 9% of the total 17k sold in Egypt \u2014 have been hit by the shortage of raw materials","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PHARMA&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PHARMA","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/pharma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/2\/241.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":618210,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/04\/04\/drug-authority-mulls-proposals-for-new-price-controls-on-pharma-products\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":2},"title":"Drug Authority mulls proposals for new price controls on pharma products","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 April 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Pharma players have come forward with three proposals to change up the med pricing scheme","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PHARMA&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PHARMA","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/pharma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/4\/400.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":656349,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/12\/03\/government-dues-owed-to-pharma-firms-hit-egp-50-bn\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":3},"title":"Government dues owed to pharma firms hit EGP 50 bn","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"3 December 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The pharma sector is set to implement phased price hikes affecting around 100 drugs per month","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PHARMA&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PHARMA","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/pharma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/12\/101.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":622298,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/06\/04\/pharma-products-will-see-hikes-of-up-to-50\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":4},"title":"Pharma products will see hikes of up to 50%","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"4 June 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The new pricing guidelines won\u2019t apply to meds already in pharmacies","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PHARMA&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PHARMA","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/pharma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/6\/257.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":593420,"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/11\/27\/efg-led-rx-healthcare-confirms-closing-egyptian-meds-producer-united-pharma-acquisition\/","url_meta":{"origin":639664,"position":5},"title":"EFG-led Rx Healthcare confirms closing Egyptian meds producer United Pharma acquisition","author":"enterpriseam admin","date":"27 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"M&A WATCH- Rx Healthcare confirms closing United Pharma acquisition: EFG Hermes\u2019 Rx Healthcare Fund has confirmed media reportst that it has acquired a majority stake in meds producer United Pharma, according to an emailed statement (pdf). Rx carried out the acquisition through Nutritius Investment Holdings, a special purpose vehicle established\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Speed Round&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Speed Round","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/category\/speed-round\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/internal\/536550.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639664\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/639656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639664"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=639664"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=639664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}