A principal investigator with Egypt’s Benha University and team recently concluded a clinical trial titled ‘Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin for Treatment and Prophylaxis of COVID-19 Pandemic.’ The results, now available on the preprint server, are promising....
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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials & Manufacturing Hub in Egypt: All Chinese with Sinopharm & Sinovac
Egypt reports via its Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research that that influential Arabic nation will conduct two Phase COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in partnership with China’s Sinopharm Group. Egypt is an important market for the vaccine producers....
Sputnik V vs. Sinopharm’s Vaccines? Egypt Purportedly Opting for Sinopharm
Russia has been assertively courting Egypt to embrace the Sputnik V vaccine; after all, Russia’s health ministry had registered the product, meaning it was approved for use. However, Egypt has opted for two vaccines developed by Chinese company Sinopharm according to...
Zagazig University Randomized Controlled Ivermectin Study Results Confirms PI Hypothesis: Drug Effective Against COVID-19
A principal investor from Zagazig University, Dr. Waheed Shouman, recently completed a randomized, open label, interventional trial titled “Use of Ivermectin as Prophylactic Option in Asymptomatic Family Close Contact for Patient with COVID-19.” Targeting 340...
COVID-19 Trials in Egypt, Patient Accounts of IC Violations & the Need to Pass Modern Comprehensive Clinical Trials Legislation
Clinical trials targeting COVID-19 commenced in March of this year in Egypt, like many other nations. Thanks to evolving medical research infrastructure, particularly within the academic medical center complex, Egypt increasingly seeks a way to integrate into the...
Tanta University PI Sponsors Ivermectin Studies Targeting COVID-19 in up to 160 Patients While Safety is a Concern for Regulators
On April 5, TrialSite News reviewed a study out of Monash University revealing that high doses of Ivermectin could “zap SARS-CoV-2 representing a 5000X reduction in the virus RNA." Hundreds of people sent us direct queries asking us to look into this further. Ten days...
Egypt Bullish on Fujifilm’s Avigan as COVID-19 Clinical Trials Commence
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation’s Avigan will be tested on COVID-19 patients in Egypt. That northern African nation commenced a clinical trial recently. Dr. Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, the Egyptian Presidential Advisor for Health and Prevention Affairs, reports that this...
Egypt Cabinet Approves Draft Law Governing Clinical Trials in Egypt
Egypt is the second-biggest destination for clinical trials in Africa. And, Egypt has seen ever-growing numbers of clinical trials conducted in this country on the southern Mediterranean sea. With nearly 1,000 active clinical trials in the country, the Egyptian...
Egypt Health Minister Reports Country Obtains International Accreditation to Produce Medicines
Ahram Online reports that Hala Zayed declared Egypt has obtained an international accreditation to produce a number of medicines. Ms. Zayed was quoted in the Ahram Online, saying "We have undertaken serious steps to start manufacturing cancer medicines, as well as...