#BritChamWebinar

The British Chamber of Commerce for Morocco hosted a webinar, Thursday 28th April at 11am, on "Morocco's health sector opportunities: Between ambitions and challenges".

Between 2021 and 2022, the Moroccan government increased the budget allocated to health by 19%, amounting to more than 23.5 billion dirhams. This is in line with the recommendations of the New Development Model to go from 50% market coverage by national production to 80% by 2030.

Morocco had, from the third quarter of 2020, initiated the process of establishing complete and integrated national industrial and biotechnological capacities, dedicated to the manufacture of vaccines in the Kingdom. Process which resulted in the building of a manufacturing plant for anti-Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines, ultimately mobilizing an investment of approximately 5.3 billion dirhams.

From pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare providers and services, to medical devices and supplies, the sheer number of sub-sectors can be overwhelming.

In partnership with the Department for International, the webinar session gathering various experts from different sub-sectors and covering the following questions:

-What are Morocco’s health ambitions in the short, mid and long terms?
-What is the state of innovation and manufacturing landscapes?
-In what ways does Morocco’s positioning offer advantages for future growth in the healthcare sector?
-What is the current ecosystem of startups developing HealthTech and MedTech in Morocco?

-Mr. Chris Woodward
UK Consul General and DIT Morocco Director

-Mr. Azeddine Ibrahimi
Professor of Medical Biotechnology
Director of Biotechnology Laboratory
University Mohammed V Rabat

-Mr. Hassan Belkhayat
Co-founder
Southbridge A&I

-Mr. Hassan Ghazal
President of the Moroccan Association for Telemedicine and eHealth
Associate Professor, University Mohammed VI of Health Sciences, Casablanca