Thursday 07/Aug/2025 – 01:36 PM
Dr. Amira Mahjoub, Head of the Central Department of Pharmaceutical Inspection of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Authority, announced that the National Initiative for the Expensive Medicines withdrawal has so far resulted in the withdrawal of about 20 million and 321 thousand and 303 expired drug units from the local market, in cooperation with the pharmacies participating in the campaign.
Medicine Authority: Withdrawing more than 20 million expired pharmaceutical packages from 50 thousand pharmacies
Mahjoub said, in press statements, that the number of licensed pharmacies in Egypt is 71 thousand and 796 pharmacies, while the number of pharmacies officially registered in the initiative reached 50 thousand and 662 pharmacies, with a participation rate exceeding 94%, which reflects a wide response from the pharmaceutical sector of the authority’s efforts in securing medicine and protecting the health of citizens.
She added that the next stage of the initiative focuses on withdrawing expired medicines from the distribution companies through the producing companies themselves, noting that so far, about 12 million and 658 thousand drug units have been withdrawn through this stage, and all the packages are scheduled to be withdrawn by the end of next October.
The head of the inspection department emphasized that the initiative comes within the framework of an integrated plan to purify the Egyptian medicine market from the insecure preparations, and to ensure that it is not recycled or traded illegally, stressing that the drug body continues inspection and control campaigns for pharmacies and distribution companies to ensure full commitment to drug circulation controls.
Mahjoub concluded its statements by emphasizing that the authority seeks, through these initiatives, to raise the efficiency of the Egyptian pharmaceutical system, and to enhance citizen confidence in the quality and safety of the medicines available in the market.
