
World Health Day: PHRMAG celebrates 20 years of advancing healthcare innovation in the Gulf
- Health
- May 10, 2025

The Gulf of the Association of Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers (PHRMAG) is proud to commemorate its 20Th Anniversary, announcing two decades of fosting innovation, catalyze policy discussion and improve patients access to treatments to save lives throughout the Gulf. According to the global spirit of World Health Day, this historical moment underlines the relentless efforts of PHRMAG to instill the hope of possible treatments and priests of the future.
Since its establishment in 2005, Phrmag has become a confidence partner for regulators and interested health parties, representing 29 leading biopharmaceutical companies. Through strategic collaboration, responsible defense and unwavering commitment to ethical practices, PHRMAG continues to play a fundamental role in the configuration of the future of medical care in the region.
In the last 20 years, PHRMAG members have collectively contributed to the key medical care priorities in the Gulf region, including accelerated access to innovative therapies, fostering shocking-private-private partnerships and playing an active role in the transfer of sustainable medical care systems. These efforts have economies directly supported by the region to become a center for excellence in health and biopharmaceutical progress.
Sameh Elfangary, president of Phrmag, commented: “When celebrating this important milestone on World Health Day, we proudly reflect on the achievements of the last two decades, and most importantly, we look towards the health car. It continues to grow.
The ongoing work of PHRMAG continues to focus impressive collaborations with the regulatory authorities in the region, as well as international, in global forums such as the Bio International Convention. Through its active working group voltage areas, such as ethics and compliance, intellectual property policy, financing and health insurance, Phrmag continues to contribute to fantastate a more transparent, innovative and resistant healing environment. These collective efforts underline the long -standing commitment of the organization to support the evolutionary medical care priorities of the region and contribute meaning to the results of patients throughout the Gulf.
Shahad Mahdi, general secretary of Phrmag, said: “This milestone is a reflection of the collective efforts of our members, partners and regulators who have worked together to advance the access of patients, foster innovation and defend the highest ethical standards. As we observe forward, we will continue to associate with politicians and interested parties to shape a future of health in the region.”
