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Why Pakistan’s Pharmaceutical Exports Lag Behind and How to Fix It– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1124 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1124 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: Franz van Heerden Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Preamble I have been personally involved in international pharmaceutical business for several years and here are my observation regarding poor export performance. Despite having a vibrant pharmaceutical industry with over 700 manufacturing units and a population of 240 million, Pakistan’s pharmaceutical exports remain frustratingly low. In 2023, the country exported medicines worth only around \$300 million — a figure dwarfed by Bangladesh (US$ 2.2 billion) and India (US$ 25+ billion). This underperformance raises a critical question: What is holding Pakistan’s pharma indust...

Opportunities in Pharma Industry for New Graduates – Sciences – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #695 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #695 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome 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. I am starting this series of posts in which I shall give ideas about what opportunities new graduates can find in pharmaceutical industry. The need has been identified by ‘Scientific Pakistan’, an organization which is supporting the youth in developing their skills and securing their future. Pharmaceutical Industry is a large industry; it employs a large number of people in various departments. There are upward of 800 manufacturing units of various sizes. Pakistani people consume about 1,000 billion rupees worth of medicines in a year, the ...

Pakistan Pharma Industry SWOT – Part 45 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #636 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #636 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome 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. Opening Note February 2022 marked my completing 47 years of working in Pharma Industry. Allah be praised. I am still working. My journey of near half century is also the journey of Pharma Industry in Pakistan. Great changes have occurred in this time and a lot could be written about it. In my blogs, which were started about four and a half years ago, I have covered several topics related to Pakistan Pharma Industry. This multi-part series shall do and review the SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats – of the Pharma Industry. STRATEGIES It is now time to ...