Early Access to Medicines Scheme in Egypt

About Early Access to Medicines Scheme

UK MHRA's pathway for early access to promising unlicensed medicines.

How Early Access to Medicines Scheme works in Egypt

Egypt's EDA permits personal-use import of non-registered drugs under physician supervision; process is paperwork-heavy but viable.

Patients in Egypt seeking access under Early Access to Medicines Scheme typically follow this flow: a licensed physician in Egypt issues the prescription and clinical justification, the regulator reviews and authorises, and an authorised operator coordinates import.

Documents required in Egypt

• Physician prescription and clinical-justification letter.
• Patient identification and consent.
• Country-specific NPP/personal-import form.
• Hospital or clinic attestation where required.

Typical timeline

End-to-end 2-6 weeks in most tier 2 jurisdictions. Cellular and gene therapies may require additional ethics-committee review.

Start a request

Start a request under Early Access to Medicines Scheme in Egypt