Tax evasion, smuggling: MoC and PRIME update Senate panel ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, chaired by Senator Sarmad... Published 07 Jun, 2025 04:59am
Business & Finance Pharmaceutical sector: CCP grants six exemptions to undertakings for FY2024–25 ISLAMABAD: In line with its mandate to promote fair competition and protect consumer welfare, the Competition... Published 06 Jun, 2025 05:02am
Business & Finance Local pharma industry: Govt urged to create conducive environment ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has urged the government to create... Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:39am
Pakistan Alkhidmat launches temperature-controlled home delivery pharmacy service KARACHI: With an alarming 97 percent of pharmacies in Pakistan lacking temperature-controlled storage and bio-grade... Published 31 May, 2025 07:16am
Opinion Pharma industry: a case for smart tax reforms Pakistan’s economy is at an inflection point. Amid shifting global dynamics and domestic fiscal pressures, the... Updated 26 May, 2025 07:40am
BR Research AGP Limited AGP Limited (PSX: AGP) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 2014. The company is engaged in... Updated 22 May, 2025 08:12am
Business & Finance PPMA says price deregulation helps restore medicine availability KARACHI: The government’s decision to deregulate prices of non-essential medicines has helped restore the... Published 20 May, 2025 05:58am
Business & Finance Roche to invest $700mn in new drug manufacturing facility in North Carolina Roche Group said on Monday that it plans to invest more than $700 million in a new drug manufacturing facility in... Published 12 May, 2025 07:04pm
Business & Finance Price deregulation improves access to medicines, helps stabilise industry KARACHI: The price deregulation of non-essential medicines in early 2024 has improved access to medicines and... Updated 12 May, 2025 02:23pm
Business & Finance WHT on import of specific medicines exempted ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted withholding tax on the import of medicines (Cystagon/Systagon... Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:05am
Pakistan Govt hospitals in Punjab: CM Maryam for free supply of medicines LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif directed to ensure immediate payment of dues of government... Published 25 Mar, 2025 07:37am
Pakistan CM suspends Jinnah Hospital’s MS, principal over complaints LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday visited Jinnah Hospital and directed to suspend MS for... Published 25 Mar, 2025 07:36am
Pakistan PM orders setting up of drug testing lab in federal capital ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday issued directives to establish a drug testing laboratory of... Published 21 Feb, 2025 08:05am
Pakistan Lack of qualified pharmacists woefully adding to healthcare challenges in Pakistan KARACHI: Pakistan’s healthcare system is facing a critical challenge: shortage of qualified and practising... Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:52am
Editorials Archaic pharma regulations EDITORIAL: Recent years have seen Pakistan’s pharmaceutical sector struggle to stay afloat as it grapples with... Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am
Pakistan Medicines: Non-availability, black-marketing cause surge in mental diseases ISLAMABAD: While expressing serious concerns over increase in mental diseases in the country, leading pharma ... Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am
Print DRAP issues recall alert for five drug products ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has issued an immediate recall alert for five drug... Updated 10 Sep, 2024 08:46am
Business & Finance Personal use of importer’s family: FBR exempts WHT on import of eye drops from France ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted withholding tax on import of the medicines and eye drops... Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:49am
Business & Finance Alternative medicines: PCDA seeks withdrawal of 18pc GST immediately KARACHI: The Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCDA) strongly condemned the imposition of an 18% general... Published 11 Jul, 2024 07:37am
Pakistan Pharma, healthcare sectors also reeling amid economic crisis KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy and its people are facing a health crisis. With an economy burdened by high debt and... Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:09am
Pakistan Experts say Pakistan budget massively negative for struggling healthcare sector KARACHI: Pharmaceutical industry experts have expressed concerns regarding the recent taxation changes in Pakistan,... Updated 02 Jul, 2024 05:58am
Pakistan Govt launches crackdown against spurious drugs ISLAMABAD: The government has started a crackdown on spurious and substandard drugs and has directed healthcare... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
Pakistan Crackdown launched on spurious, substandard medicines in Punjab LAHORE: The Primary and Secondary Healthcare department, Punjab has launched a crackdown against spurious,... Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am
Business & Finance Sale of substandard medicines continuously increasing KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:30am
Editorials An unrestrained public health hazard EDITORIAL: For the last several decades, manufacturing and marketing of fake/substandard drugs have gone on in this... Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am
Pakistan Seminar held at LCCI ‘Natural’ medicines can help cure various diseases: experts LAHORE: “The best active lifestyle, food supplements and natural medicines can be helpful in preventing many... Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am
Business & Finance PPMA urges govt to allow hike in prices of 262 medicines KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has called upon the interim federal... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Business & Finance App launched for online registration, licensing of drugs ISLAMABAD: In a major step to revolutionise the drug registration and licensing system, to curb the proliferation of... Published 07 Dec, 2023 04:35am
Business & Finance Regulate quality of medicines, not prices, top Pharma Bureau official advises govt Executive Director Pharma Bureau Ayesha Tammy Haque has advised the government to do away with price regulation,... Published 22 Nov, 2023 08:25pm
Business & Finance 16pc-60pc hike in prices of various drugs witnessed ISLAMABAD: The prices of various medicines have witnessed an increase of 16 percent to 60 percent in the market,... Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am
Budget 2025-26: Pakistan targets 4.2% growth as Aurangzeb presents proposals ‘for a competitive economy’