Pharma Veterans

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #284. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Got an idea about how many medicines are consumed by us in Pakistan? How much value in Pak rupees? Through the retail Pharmacies, 450 billion rupees worth of medicines were sold in last year. Every year, the market increases by 10% or more. At the rate of 10%, 45 billion will be added in 2020. This did not include the medicines purchased by the private and government hospitals, alternative medicines, and other medical related products. Pakistani Pharma companies also exported their products to several countries to the value of around 200 million

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #283. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Before the formation of DRAP, the regulatory body was Drug Control Organization. It was part of the Ministry of Health and was entirely funded by the government. Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP)  was established in 2012 enacted under  DRAP  ACT, 2012. The Authority is mandated for effective coordination and enforcement of the Drugs Act, 1976 to regulate, manufacture, import, export, storage, distribution and sale of therapeutic goods in the country. The authorities, as you know, are autonomous bodies and are required to generate their ow