ALEXANDRIA: Egypt’s Rameda Pharmaceutical has received requests to export Anviziram tablets, which are used to treat patients with the new coronavirus, to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Yemen, but needs a government approval first, its CEO told Reuters.
The company said earlier this month it had started manufacturing Anviziram, the generic equivalent of the Japanese antiviral Avigan, and had also received an approval from the Egyptian Drug Authority to manufacture Remedsivir, a Gilead Sciences Inc. antiviral used for treating COVID-19.
Rameda, which listed 49 percent of its shares on the Egyptian exchange last year, has produced quantities enough Anviziram tablets to cover “appropriate numbers of patients in the Egyptian market,” said its CEO Amr Mursi.
The company is providing the drug to the Egyptian health ministry to be used in hospitals. Mursi said it would be available to the public before the end of July, adding its commercial price was still being negotiated.
He expects more requests from Gulf countries to import Anviziram, but the company’s response depends on the approval of the Egyptian authorities.
“We will discuss this with them next week to see whether we will be able to export or not,” Mursi said.
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Egypt’s Rameda gets requests to export COVID-19 drug
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Egypt’s Rameda gets requests to export COVID-19 drug
- Egypt’s Rameda Pharmaceutical has received requests to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Yemen
- The company is providing the drug to the Egyptian health ministry to be used in hospitals
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local official
- A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP on Sunday
PORT SUDAN: A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP on Sunday.
The attack, which took place on Thursday, involved three strikes, “first a kindergarten, then a hospital and a third time as people tried to rescue the children,” Essam Al-Din Al-Sayed, head of the Kalogi administrative unit, told AFP using a Starlink connection.
He blamed the assault on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction led by Abdelaziz Al-Hilu.
Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary RSF have been locked in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly 12 million.
Independent verification of reports from the Kordofan region remains difficult due to spotty communications, restricted access and ongoing insecurity.
The UN children’s agency said the attack killed more than 10 children aged between five and seven, while the army-aligned foreign ministry put the overall death toll at 79, including 43 children.
“Killing children in their school is a horrific violation of children’s rights,” said UNICEF Representative for Sudan Sheldon Yett, urging all sides to halt their attacks and allow humanitarian access.
Following their late-October capture of El-Fasher — the army’s last stronghold in western Sudan — the RSF has pushed eastward into the oil-rich Kordofan region, which is divided into three states.
More than 40,000 people have fled the region in the past month, according to the UN.
Analysts say the paramilitary offensive aims to break the army’s final defensive arc around central Sudan and set the stage for attempts to retake major cities, including the capital Khartoum.
The attack, which took place on Thursday, involved three strikes, “first a kindergarten, then a hospital and a third time as people tried to rescue the children,” Essam Al-Din Al-Sayed, head of the Kalogi administrative unit, told AFP using a Starlink connection.
He blamed the assault on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their ally, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction led by Abdelaziz Al-Hilu.
Since April 2023, the army and the paramilitary RSF have been locked in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly 12 million.
Independent verification of reports from the Kordofan region remains difficult due to spotty communications, restricted access and ongoing insecurity.
The UN children’s agency said the attack killed more than 10 children aged between five and seven, while the army-aligned foreign ministry put the overall death toll at 79, including 43 children.
“Killing children in their school is a horrific violation of children’s rights,” said UNICEF Representative for Sudan Sheldon Yett, urging all sides to halt their attacks and allow humanitarian access.
Following their late-October capture of El-Fasher — the army’s last stronghold in western Sudan — the RSF has pushed eastward into the oil-rich Kordofan region, which is divided into three states.
More than 40,000 people have fled the region in the past month, according to the UN.
Analysts say the paramilitary offensive aims to break the army’s final defensive arc around central Sudan and set the stage for attempts to retake major cities, including the capital Khartoum.
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