{"id":647092,"date":"2017-05-02T04:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/02\/how-did-egypts-pharma-production-fall-from-such-great-heights\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T04:00:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T04:00:44","slug":"how-did-egypts-pharma-production-fall-from-such-great-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/02\/how-did-egypts-pharma-production-fall-from-such-great-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights?<\/strong> In the 1960s and 1970s, pharma production in Egypt was on the rise in both quality and quantity as pioneers in the industry actively sought to develop the country\u2019s know-how, which stands in stark contrast with contemporary practices, Nahed Youssef writes in a column penned for Al Shorouk<\/a>. The decline was put in motion by Sadat\u2019s economic policies, and was carried through by successive governments over the course of 50 years. Youssef says that Egypt has enough resources \u2014 in terms of a labor force, factories, and available capital \u2014 and simply needs the implementation of the correct policies to reverse the downward trend. Correct policies starting with a return to state socialism, Nasser style, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights? In the 1960s and 1970s, pharma production in Egypt was on the rise in both quality and quantity as pioneers in the industry actively sought to develop the country\u2019s know-how, which stands in stark contrast with contemporary practices, Nahed Youssef writes in a column penned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[9411],"tags":[72,9410],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-647092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-deadline","tag-enterpriseam","tag-on-deadline","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"08c691e6-fab4-41cf-9d9a-0a2557adc994","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[647069],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nHow did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights? - 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\/2017\/05\/02\/how-did-egypts-pharma-production-fall-from-such-great-heights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How did Egypt\u2019s pharma production fall from such great heights? 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