Owner of El Ezaby pharmacies Ahmed al-Ezaby denied the issuance of any final court rulings against him, and rumors of his arrest. El Ezaby pharmacies denied in an official statement circulated rumors about the arrest of the chairman of its board of directors, in a checkpoint. Ezaby has judicial rulings issued against him with 547 years prison sentences and a fine of more than LE13 million, over different charges, according to the sources. Earlier, a Cairo Court of Appeal ruling disqualified Ezaby from the Pharmacists Syndicate membership and banned him from practicing the profession. Mohamed al-Sheikh, head of the Cairo Pharmacists Syndicate, said that pharmacy chains pose a threat to the profession, through the practice of monopolizing.

Source: Egypt Independent September 29, 2022 13:19 UTC