Egypt to Produce Insulin for Africa in New Collaboration with Eli Lilly

Health Policy Watch
May 23, 2023

Egypt to Produce Insulin for Africa in New Collaboration with Eli Lilly


GENEVA – Within months, insulin manufactured in Egypt will be available for distribution in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to a collaboration between Eli Lilly and a local manufacturer that aims to produce one million doses of insulin by 2030.

Eli Lilly is providing Egypt’s EVA Pharma with the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) of insulin at a “significantly reduced price” to enable cheaper, faster production of the life-saving medication that is used to treat diabetes, one of the fastest-growing health problems on the continent.

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