Egypt plans to expand its network of plasma collection centres to support domestic production of medicines, Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said Saturday.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi initiated the project to collect plasma and manufacture its derivatives, Madbouly told a press conference after touring development projects in the Nile Delta governorate of Dakahlia, state news agency MENA reported.
Egypt previously imported the products at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, Madbouly said, without specifying a timeframe.
The prime minister said he had visited a plasma donation centre in Mansoura during the tour.
He also said the government planned to establish more investment zones across Egypt over the next two years to support small and medium-sized industries.
A zone in Mit Ghamr, which he visited during the tour, hosts more than 107 industrial projects employing around 1,000 people, with more than 150 projects on a waiting list, Madbouly said.
Businesses there manufacture electrical devices, construction materials, medical products and food, he added.
