The Chamber of medicine industry at Federation of industries demanded that potential presidential
candidates should adopt the medicine industry problems include in their election programs ,
and activate it in case of their success. the medicine is not less important than the fundamental
problems such as energy, water, and bread
The President of the Chamber, Dr. Majdi elbba , confirmed that the pharmaceutical industry
has suffered from negligence of officials, and that is will result in Serious bad consequences like closing
factories during the coming period if the situation continues as it is.
He pointed out in a statement of the Chamber, that most of the candidates for the presidency
and even political parties do not place medicine among its priorities, and there is no party in Egypt is
interested in drug problems and finding solutions to them.
He said that the medicine is considered a national-security to Egypt like food and weapons,
adding that the pharmaceutical industry is suffering from the deterioration of deliberately negligence
from officials, and intervention of non-specialists in industry.
He drew attention to the need to differentiate between health and medicine, which is considered
national, political and social security, besides investment and industry at the same time, but health
is completely different from the health system, although it is a part of it.
Finally, the President of the Chamber said in his statement that medicine is not only
for treatment only, but is an essential element of the country sovereignty, in order not to be under
pressure from foreign countries control concerning the health and life of Egyptian citizen, pointing out that
local drug companies provide more than 90% of the volume of the current medicine in local market and
the needs of Egyptian patients
