#Pharmacists Syndicate
By Abdel Kader Ramadan, Aswat Masriya In a staggering statistic, Osama Rostom, head of the chamber of pharmaceutical industries, said recently that the pharmacists syndicate estimated the existence of EGP 600 million (approximately $US 76.6 million) worth of counterfeit and expired drugs in the Egyptian market, constituting two percent of the country's total annual pharmaceutical sales. To counter that, Egypt’s pharmaceutical companies will launch a six-month campaign on October 17 to collect the fake and expired medicines from pharmacies nation-wide.…
