Minister seeks cooperation from Turkey to improve health sector

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Primary & Secondary Health (P&SH) Kh Imran Nazir who is at a visit to Turkey for seeking cooperation and technical assistance from the ministry of health to improve the health sector specially drug wing, met high officials of Turkish Medicine and Devices Agency (TM&DA) along with his delegation.

On this occasion, Director General Health Turkey Dr Saleemi and the senior officials of Turkish Ministry of Health were also present in the meeting. Special Secretary (P&SH) Punjab Faisal Zahoor and other members of the delegation also participated in the meeting.

Detailed deliberations were made to improve and implement good manufacturing practices in pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan and it was decided that a strategy and a way forward would be formulated for joint ventures.

The TM&DA would extend cooperation and technical assistance for improving Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) in Pharma industry, strengthening of drug wing of P&SH Punjab and technical training in capacity building of the technical staff of the department as well as of the pharmaceutical industry.

On this occasion, Kh Imran Nazir thanked the DG Health Turkey Dr Saleemi and the high ups of Turkish agency for ensuring complete cooperation for strengthening of drug wing of the P&SH & to improve the GMPs in Pakistani Pharma industry and extending technical assistance for training and capacity building of the staff.