The Pharmacists Syndicate’s general assembly decided on Saturday to file a lawsuit against the health minister’s decision that ordered raising the prices of 3,010 pharmaceutical products. Mohie Ebeid, head of the syndicate, declared that the general assembly meeting targeted tackling the future of the profession, due to the mismanagement of the drugs issue. Ebeid added that the syndicate held meetings with the parties involved in the issue and tried to get promises from the Health Ministry and the Cabinet. 499 on Profit Margins; in this decision, the health ministry decread increasing the profit margin on 12,000 products registered by the ministry. He indicated his rejection of the proposal to increase prices across the board, of all medicines with no exceptions.

Source: Egypt Independent January 15, 2017 09:50 UTC