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Status of Pharmaceutical Business in Pakistan 2024 – Part II – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 962 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 962 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kübra Kuzu Credit: Polina Tankilevitch Credit: Tran Nhu Tuan This is the second and last part. Corporates Growth Pakistan market is extremely unevenly divided with about 95% market share with only top 100 companies. The top players added further huge revenues to their already bursting volumes. They have also further strengthened their positions by increasing share of the total market. The top players have done this by growing at a rate higher than the market growth. How are they able to do it? There are several factors. Human Resource – The big players have the financial strength and market standing to attract top talent. Once a...

Withdrawal of Medicines is Quite Common – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #884 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #884 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: Anna Shvets Credit: Polina Tankilevich Credit: Wesley Davi My first experience with the withdrawal of a medicine was just a few months after I started working in 1975. We had an injectable antibiotic Reverin (rolitetracycline) which had two variations: intravenous and intramuscular. One day, we received the instructions that the product was being withdrawn and that we had to go to every pharmacy in our area, count the physical stock of the product, and make a credit note, one copy for the pharmacy and one for the office. It was not a widespread product...

New Products Market Entry – Points to Consider – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #883 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #883 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: Alena Darmel Credit: Leeloo Thefirst Credit: Mikael Blomkvist Pharmaceutical Industry is a happening place; the number of new products being launched every year is quite significant. For example, about 500 new products were launched during last year, most of these were generic products which added to the list of similar products. The companies are still launching Ceftriaxone, Meropenem, Piperacillin Tazobactam and even some old products. Not all launches are successful. A major company launched a brand of ondansetron with great fanfare but could...