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Drug Sales Channels – Drug Pricing in Pakistan – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #864 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #864 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ana Sofia Bustamante Credit: Jose Ismael Espinola Credit: World Sikh Organization of Canada We have seen drug pricing in relation to government policies, its historical perspective, and the controversies. It would now be instructive to understand drug sales channels and how these may impact the drug pricing for the consumers. Drug Sales Channels The channels are distributors, wholesalers, and retail pharmacies, each of whom gets a certain percentage as service charges. Since the maximum selling price of a drug is fixed by DRAP already, these percentag...

Corruption in Pharmaceuticals – International Perspective 8 – Blog Post #502 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #502. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Continued from Previous…… This series is based on a report compiled by Jilian Clare Cohen1, Monique Mrazek2, and Loraine Hawkins3 for World Bank. Six decision points were identified where corruption could infiltrate. The first was manufacturing, second was marketing authorization, third was selection, fourth was procurement, fifth is discussed below. Decision Point Five: Distribution [Quote] Whether it is a government agency or a private company that is contracted out by the government to distribute drugs, the system needs to ensure the timely and safe delivery of ap...

Post COVID Strategies – Part IV – Innovation – Blog Post #365 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #365. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Previous…… Innovation is another important area to work on as part of Post COVID strategies. Innovation is multidimensional and should be regarded as such, rather than taking it in the narrow sense of the product innovation. Innovation may be considered in multiple areas. First of all, innovation is needed in workflow and work procedures. I understand we are dying to return to the old, pre-COVID routine. This should be corrected. A hundred percent return may never happen actually, and we should stop looking for it. Instead, we should bring inno...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #305. 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…… The situation about spread is evolving daily, if not hourly. It is being updated on various media. In Pakistan, the official updates may be somewhat slower to come, but the concerned people are trying to do their best. Unfortunately, nothing like Corona Virus had come before; not on this scale. Four major areas pose imminent challenges. The managers need to tackle these urgently. Following suggestions may help in handling the situation and coming out of it with less damaging effects. 1.      Health and Morale – If one o...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #215. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. 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 . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Logistics Logistics is among those fields which have undergone rapid changes and huge developments. The field is still evolving fast. Use of Technology and Artificial Intelligence has changed the very concept of how logistics were handled. Logistics, in real sense, covers the entire sequence of planning, implementing, keeping and supplying for an operation. However, logistics in Pharma most often re...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #206. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. 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 . Dear Pharma Veterans. This series of Blogs is to have a summary view of Pharma Business in Pakistan. It is a series spread over several parts covering the entire spectrum of Pharma business. Pharma Business – OPERATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN In this series of Blogs, I have already completed discussion on the business-related topics. We now go over to the operations side which is equally important. Barring few, Generic Pharma or Local Pharma in Pakistan has evolved and grown through hits and misses; not through strategic planning and execution. For this reas...