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December 4, 2025 | 6 months ago

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Distribution of medicines: The government reviews regulations

The Inspector General of the Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry announced yesterday morning that several measures are underway to support the sector's growth. Regulations governing the “distribution of medicines” will soon be reformed, Mr Nacer Hammani announced during his appearance on Radio Channel 1.

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The Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry is currently studying more than 100 factory projects, mainly for the production of raw materials, hormones, vaccines, and cancer drugs, to strengthen local production and reduce the import bill. Units are planned in Setif, and the Saidal factory in Medea is being relaunched. The availability of medicines is now stable, but a reform of specifications to improve the sector regulation is being prepared. Medicine imports have already been halved, from $2 billion to $1 billion, and the ambition is to reduce medical device imports (currently at $600 million). Internationally, Algeria is strengthening its African ambitions by signing two cooperation agreements with Tanzania and Senegal, as part of the “Algiers Declaration.” The continental goal is to achieve 50% self-sufficiency in medicines by 2035, as opposed to 5% today. Algeria, already the leader in the sector in Africa with more than 230 companies and 780 production lines, recently exported nearly €1 million worth of medical devices to the Republic of Congo.

December 4, 2025 | algeria-logo

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