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On the second day of the Al-Ahram Pharmaceutical Conference (APHC), held in its second edition in Cairo on 16-17 October, the participants agreed that the universal health insurance system is the umbrella that will grant Egyptians access to quality healthcare and safe and effective medicines.

Egypt’s Medicine City is set to play a pivotal role in transforming Egypt to a regional hub for medical production and exports, said Amr Mamdouh, chairman of Gypto Pharma on Saturday.

The government is continuously increasing the budget of the healthcare sector, said Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait on Saturday.

Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar said the country's academic institutions, universities, and research centres can play a pivotal role in developing the pharmaceutical industry, producing effective pharmaceutical ingredients, and achieving self-sufficiency.

The second round of Al-Ahram Pharmaceutical Conference (APC) opened on Saturday to discuss means to localise the drug industry in Egypt and provide practical solutions to the sector's problems.