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Clinical trials: DRAP seeks suggestions on revision of guidelines by 22nd

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has asked all the stakeholders to send their suggestions...

Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am

Business & Finance

Searle gets DRAP nod for Pakistan’s first locally manufactured Monoclonal antibody

Searle Company Limited (SEARL) has earned approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 01:45pm

BR Research

Panadol headache grows into a migraine

Panadol is short in the market and this has been catching eyes of media, politicians, all and sundry. Everyone has ...

Updated 25 Oct, 2022 10:30am

Pakistan

Promotion matters: DRAP accused of defying rules

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has recently promoted over a dozen officials in ...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 05:43am

Pakistan

Paracetamol: price may rise

Karachi: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in Wednesday agreed to increase price of Paracetamol...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

DRAP recommendation: MRP of Favipiravir tablets approved

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet has approved Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of new drug Favipiravir 200 mgs tablets on the...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 06:32am

Pakistan

DRAP approves emergency use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

Decision comes after announcement that Pakistan is set to receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine through the UN-backed Covax global vaccine sharing programme
Vaccine can be administered to people suffering from diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases

Updated 01 Jul, 2021 11:55am

Pakistan

Pakistan to produce three million CanSino doses every month

SAPM says the product, PakVac, has passed rigorous internal QA testing, an important step to help in our vaccine supply line
The vaccine would be available for administration to the citizens by the end of May after approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan

Updated 25 May, 2021 08:10pm

Pakistan

Govt allows China's CoronaVac COVID vaccine for emergency use

Coronavac is the third Chinese vaccine to be used in Pakistan
As compared to other Chinese vaccines, the efficacy rate of CoronaVac is low

Published 09 Apr, 2021 10:54am

World

CanSinoBIO says COVID-19 shot may be less effective over time

CanSinoBIO’s chief scientific officer says a second shot given to trial participants six months after their first injection could offer substantial protection against the virus
Tao says accurate and precise results could only be gathered after more clinical trials

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 02:51pm

Pakistan

SHC directs govt to fix price of COVID-19 vaccine

On March 18, the court had suspended the drug regulatory authority’s notification concerning the withdrawal of exemption in Covid-19 vaccines import to a private pharma company
DRAP counsel requested the court to not allow the sale of the vaccine until its price is fixed

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:33am

Pakistan

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to cost around Rs9,000 in Pakistan

A meeting of the DRAP's processing board was held on March 19 in which it was recommended to fix the cost of two doses of the Sputnik V vaccine between Rs8,200 to Rs9,000
The recommendation of the vaccine price has been forwarded to the health ministry which will present it before the federal cabinet for a final approval

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 02:05pm

Pakistan

Pakistan places order for single-dose Chinese CanSinoBio vaccine

Its first tranche of 60,000 doses is expected to be delivered to Pakistan within a week.
On February 12, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) had approved the vaccine for emergency use in Pakistan.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 12:21pm

Pakistan

DRAP approves Sinopharm vaccine for people above 60 years

NCOC states that the Sinopharm vaccine is being administered to people up to the age of 60 years, however, it would now be used to inoculate citizens above 60 years of age too
On February 2, the first batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Pakistan as a gift from China

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:22pm

Pakistan

DRAP grants permission to another Chinese firm to conduct clinical trials of COVID vaccine

Anhui Zhifei longcom will conduct its trials in Karachi at a private hospital, while in Lahore at the University of Health Sciences and another private health facility
At least 9,000 volunteers will participate in clinical trials of the Anhui Zhifei vaccine across the country

Published 14 Feb, 2021 02:57pm

Pakistan

DRAP authorises AGP to import Sputnik V vaccine in Pakistan

The firm is making efforts to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies on an emergency basis
Vaccine has been approved by 15 countries and has a good safety profile: AGP

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:59pm

Pakistan

Govt allows Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine for 'emergency use'

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has become the third to be approved for emergency use in the country
The double dose of Sputnik V in Pakistan would cost double the rates at which it is available in India

Published 24 Jan, 2021 10:24am

Pakistan

Pakistan registers 300,000 health workers for COVID-19 vaccination, says Umar

Minister says the government is trying to make the vaccine available in the country from more than one sources
At the moment there are two anti-coronavirus vaccines authorised for emergency use while phase III clinical trials of the third vaccine by CanSino will be completed by the first week of February: Umar

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Pakistan by March: Asad

He further stated that Sindh government should also make the arrangements for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine to protect the people living in provincial areas.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 10	278.14
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 10	277.97
USD to Japanese Yen / May 10	155.70
USD to Swiss Franc / May 10	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 10	1.25
Euro to USD / May 10	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5214.08
Nasdaq / May 9	16346.27
Dow Jones / May 9	39387.76
India Sensex / May 10	72468.66
Tokyo Nikkei / May 10	38229.11
Hang Seng / May 10	18970.69
FTSE 100 / May 10	8438.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 10	18827.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 10	79.87
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 10	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 10	209019
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 10	2369.35
Cotton US¢/pound / May 10	78.18
Petrol/Litre / May 11	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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