ALGIERS-The pharmaceutical industry must move towards an innovative domestic production based on the mastery of biotechnologies, said Thursday Lotfi Benbahmed, Deputy Minister for Pharmaceutical Industry.

ALGIERS- A laboratory project, worth DZD4 billions, for local production of anti-cancer drugs will be launched within six months in Oran, said Wednesday in Algiers Director General of the laboratory project"Orient Lab," Allel Amry.

ALGIERS- The 14th international show of pharmaceutical industry in Algeria (SIPHAL) opened Wednesday with about 150 exhibitors, the event's manager said.

ALGIERS- A "strict and systematic" control is carried out in all Algerian airports, due to the epidemic of the new Coronavirus (Covid-19), Minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform Abderrahmane Benbouzid said Monday in Algiers.

ALGIERS-An international conference on the development of startups will take place soon in Algeria, announced Ministry of Micro-Enterprise, Startups and Economy of Knowledge Yassine Djeridene.

ALGIERS- Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform underlined Tuesday, in Algiers, that a new emergency plan has been elaborated to be prepared for all contingencies, following the spread of Coronavirus in China, affirming that “Algeria is ready to face any emergency.”

ALGIERS-The Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform, said Sunday that the state will strengthen its efforts to fight against cancer and assist patients throughout the national territory, especially in terms of prevention and access to medicine."

ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, at a Council of Ministers meeting on Thursday, instructed the minister of Health, Population and Hospital Reform to start immediately the studies on an anti-cancer hospital project in the province of Djelfa (275-km south of Algiers), whose works are planned to begin before the end of 2020.

ALGIERS – No suspected or confirmed cases of new coronavirus have not been reported in Algeria, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reform said Thursday.

ALGIERS- Regulatory Authority of Post and Electronic Communications (ARPCE) has assigned pairs of frequencies to the three major telephone operators allowing them to increase the capacity of 3G and 4G networks, the body said Wednesday in a statement.