Category: Chapter Collaboration

Egypt Chapter Activities Update: Helping to advance Pharmacometrics Across the Region

15 August 2026

We are pleased to share two recent engagements representing the PMX Africa Egypt Chapter in scientific and academic forums across Egypt.  Vaccine Innovation Forum  Dr. Nada Elhofy represented our chapter in a lecture on the role of “Model-Informed Drug Development (MIDD) in advancing vaccine innovation” (April 2026) as part of Africa CDC’s “Industrial Workshop in Vaccine Manufacturing” in collaboration with VACSERA . The session addressed how quantitative modelling and simulation can streamline vaccine research and development, optimise dosing strategies, and support clinical decision-making, bringing a pharmacometrics perspective to one of the most critical areas of public health. We extend our sincere gratitude to VACSERA, Africa CDC, and Future University in Egypt (FUE) for hosting this important event and for fostering collaboration around regional health solutions. MESPET 2026 — Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria (May 3–4, 2026)  Dr. Aya Ismail represented our chapter at the 1st Annual Conference of the Middle East Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (MESPET), held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt (May 3–4, 2026). Dr. Ismail delivered a session titled “From Animals to Humans: Modelling as a Bridge in Drug Development,” addressing the role of quantitative modelling and simulation as a translational tool in drug development, bridging preclinical findings with clinical decision-making. In addition, Dr. Ibrahim Komeil represented the chapter by presenting a poster on Virtual Bioequivalence, highlighting the application of modelling and simulation approaches to support bioequivalence assessment and facilitate more efficient drug development. We extend our sincere gratitude to MESPET, ASPET, and Alamein International University for

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Building Pharmacometrics Capacity in Africa: Inside the Egypt Chapter’s First Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Course

6 August 2026

This July, the PMX Africa – Egypt Chapter ran its first Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacometrics Course, delivered in partnership with the Faculty of Pharmacy at Future University in Egypt (FUE), and sponsored by DAF. What began as an idea to make quantitative pharmacology more accessible across the region turned into a two-weekend programme that reached hundreds of learners across four continents—and, by every measure we tracked, left them wanting more. A hybrid design, built for reach and depth The course was structured in two parts so it could do two things at once: reach broadly and go deep. Weekend 1 (10–11 July, online) was open to all accepted participants and covered the foundations: from the pharmacokinetics of absorption, distribution and elimination, through dosing at steady state, non-compartmental analysis and bioequivalence, pharmacodynamics, regression analysis, and a first introduction to population PK modeling. Weekend 2 (17–18 July, onsite at FUE) was an intensive, hands-on lab for a smaller hybrid track cohort, working directly in R: exploratory data analysis, NCA, population PK model building with nlmixr2, R Shiny, and interpreting model outputs. The idea was simple: give everyone a strong conceptual grounding online, then give a committed group the chance to put a keyboard under their hands and actually build models. Registration was open for just two weeks in June and drew 388 applications from across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and beyond. After review, 312 applicants were accepted, and online attendees joined live from 26 countries, with Egypt, India, Nigeria, South

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