Asia-West / Mid-East / North-Africa

The only drug production facility in the Gaza Strip has managed to keep operating for 25 years despite challenges usually faced only in a warzone.

The Gaza Strip - at points just 10km wide - is a narrow piece of land along the eastern Mediterranean coast. Its Palestinian population is sealed behind a separation barrier and tightly controlled checkpoints.

Iran has announced plans to promote self-sufficiency within the country with regard to its medicines production, with an aim of producing 135 strategic pharmaceutical products within its borders.

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The list of similar medicines covered by this resolution includes a wide range of medications with a reduction rate ranging from 2-77 per cent.

Patients asked to submit their impressions of drugs and technologies to health basket committee as part of pilot project.

As U.S. sanctions sink in, the flow of medicine and medical supplies in Iran appears to have slowed — and the reasons are difficult to pin down.

Iran says sanctions are preventing lifesaving drugs from reaching the country, despite special exemptions for medical supplies.

An Israeli toddler has only one more month to receive a new drug that could cure him of a debilitating disease from which he will otherwise suffer for the rest of his life.

Pharmacies in Oman have a list of prices to which they are required to adhere, so to make sure that everyone can purchase medication at official prices.

The Jordanian government on Wednesday announced reductions in the prices of 1,127 medicinal products and 89 other pharmaceutical preparations ranging between 18 and 68 per cent.

The royal order is the latest in moves to assuage discontent in the kingdom.

Pharmaceutical Strategy in Asia

Currency exchange rates are crucial for Turkey’s pharmaceutical sector as Turkey imports over fifty percent of medicines, while domestic production is heavily dependant on imported raw materials.