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Gallup® – World Emotional Health Report 2025 – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1179 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1179 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Chris Wade Ntezicimpa Credit: Elina Fairytale Credit: Rene Terp Preamble Gallup® State of the World’s Emotional Health 2025. [Quote] In a world increasingly marked by political, social and emotional fragmentation, the responsibility to safeguard health has never been more urgent. At the World Health Summit, our leitmotif for 2025 is clear: Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World. This principle recognizes that health is not only about medicine or policy; it is also about the emotional fabric that holds societies together.  This 2-part blog post is based on the insights from the above report; Pakistan pers...

Gallup® – World Emotional Health Report 2025 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1178 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1178 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Altea Alessandroni Credit: Amim Kashmiri Credit: Jep Gambardella Credit: Ron Lach Preamble Gallup® State of the World’s Emotional Health 2025. [Quote] In a world increasingly marked by political, social and emotional fragmentation, the responsibility to safeguard health has never been more urgent. At the World Health Summit, our leitmotif for 2025 is clear: Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World. This principle recognizes that health is not only about medicine or policy; it is also about the emotional fabric that holds societies together.  This first State of the World’s Emotional Health report makes...

Menopause – The Missed Health and Business Opportunity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1177 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1177 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Emrecan Dora Credit: Kampus Production Credit: Luis Sevilla Credit: Marcus Aurelius Preamble The  Boston Consulting Group report states, “Every year, 2 million women in the US enter menopause, each one experiencing hormonal changes that can affect the brain, heart, bones, and mental well-being. However, only 60% of women with significant menopause symptoms seek medical attention, and of those, only 25% are treated. Women going through menopause are increasingly well informed and vocal about their needs, creating unprecedented demand for high-quality midlife care. Failing to deliver adequate treatment isn’t ...

Pickings by Pharma Veterans Fortnightly Newsletter #33 – October 26, 2025 This newsletter is the offering from Asrar Qureshi, Founder of Pharma Veterans. It will bring to you a selection of Pharma Industry news and developments from Pakistan, region, and the world. It will be published fortnightly on alternate Sundays. For queries and sending information, please send email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com. SPECIAL NOTE The objective of this newsletter is to share important news from the US and Europe, where exciting new research and development in drugs is going on. News from India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are included to show where Pakistan stands vis-à-vis the region. This is done in order that Pharma Industry in Pakistan may take necessary actions for course setting and long-term strategy making. PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS - PAKISTAN • Pakistan is losing up to Rs. 50 billion every year because of non-evidence-based prescriptions and unethical marketing practices in the pharmaceutical sec...

Growth is Awkward and Messy – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1176 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1176 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Credit: Cesar Galeao Credit: Franz Van Heerden Credit: Lumier Studio MX Preamble Luara Gassner Otting says that “Growth is awkward. It’s messy. It’s not cute. But transformation lives on the bleeding edge of our incompetence. It’s where we stop playing small. Where we build new muscles. Where we do the messy, clumsy, gloriously hard work of becoming.” This blog post is based on this quote and her arguments. Embracing the Messy Path to Transformation This quote doesn’t sugarcoat the journey of personal evolution. It doesn’t romanticize the struggle or wrap it in motivational fluff. Instead, it tells the raw truth: growth ...

Global Wealth Inequality – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1175 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1175 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Avneet Kaur Lydia Gichuki - Writer Credit: Karola G Credit: MART Production Preamble This post is based on an article by Lydia Gichuki. She is a DevelopmentAid journalist based in Kenya, specializing in climate change reporting with a focus on the impacts on children and women. Her work has been featured in The Standard, Mtoto News, and other publications. Rich World, Poor Majority: Why Poverty Persists in an Age of Wealth On the surface, the global economy seems to surge forward. Wealth is at record highs. Yet, paradoxically, vast numbers of people remain trapped in poverty, even in societies that are rich, and in an era of unprecedented gl...

Pakistan Demographics at 2040 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1174 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1174 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Aa Dil Credit: Ahmer Graphy Credit: Ali Madad Shaikhani Credit: Muneeb Malhotra Credit: Shahzad Aziz Preamble Pakistan stands at the threshold of a silent revolution, not one led by politics or technology, but by demographics. The country’s population, once overwhelmingly young, is gradually aging. This transformation, combined with the escalating burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), is redefining the very nature of healthcare demand, delivery, and innovation. By 2040, Pakistan’s median age is projected to reach nearly 30 years, and the number of citizens over 60 will have nearly doubled. While this shift is a sign of progress, lo...

Life Expectancy and Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1173 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1173 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma    Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alex Green Credit: MART Production Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Preamble Life expectancy has long been one of the most fundamental indicators of a nation’s overall health, development, and well-being. While some countries have seen steady increases in life expectancy due to better healthcare, nutrition, and living conditions, others continue to lag behind due to persistent social, economic, and systemic challenges. For Pakistan, the story is mixed. The country has made progress over the last few decades, but it still faces major gaps when compared with regional and global benchmarks. Understanding these gaps and the factors behind them is e...