On Thursday, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Gypto Pharma City, or Medicine City, in the Khanka area in Egypt’s Qalyubia Governorate, located in the Nile Delta region. The city was built on an area of ​​180,000 meters, and has the capacity to produce 150 million drug packages annually. With the new city, Egypt seeks to gain footing in the drug market as an exporter and increase its capacity to cope with drug shortages. The city, one of the largest pharmaceutical cities in the Middle East, is equipped with high-tech machines used for quality control, cleaning, and food manufacturing. While the city does manufactures medicine related to the coronavirus, its main priority is medicine for chronic illness, stress, and the treatment of heart, kidney, brain, and nerve problems.

Source: Egypt Independent April 01, 2021 15:33 UTC