✦ Brief History of VACSERA

1881: Establishment of the first laboratory under the Health Authority; smallpox vaccine produced in 1893.

1907: Successful production of the rabies vaccine in Egypt.

1939–1947: Expansion in Agouza, Cairo with new laboratories producing vaccines for smallpox, typhoid, cholera, and tetanus.

1948: Creation of Egypt’s first central blood bank and plasma laboratory.

1950s–1960s: Introduction of the BCG (tuberculosis) vaccine, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and establishment of animal farms to support vaccine production.

1972: Presidential decree establishing the Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA).

1979: Transformation into an economic authority.

2002: Converted into a Holding Company with subsidiaries in vaccines, sera, medicines, biotechnology, blood transfusion, diagnostics, and veterinary vaccines.

2006: Corporate restructuring and merger of some subsidiaries.


Today, VACSERA stands as Egypt’s leading producer of vaccines, sera, and biological products, ensuring national health security while supporting research and export activities.

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