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Medicines

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

World

Uttar Pradesh bans some Halal-certified products

LUCKNOW: Authorities in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh have banned the distribution and sale of...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan

Zero tolerance against spurious, substandard medicines: Minister

LAHORE: Announcing zero tolerance against spurious and substandard medicines, the caretaker Punjab Minister for...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Markets

Searle partners with China’s Mabwell to sell Denosumab Biosimilars drugs in Pakistan

Searle Company Limited (Searle) has entered into a license agreement with China’s Mabwell Pharmaceuticals, under...

Published 12 Jul, 2023 05:39pm

Editorials

The menace of counterfeit drugs

EDITORIAL: It has been a serious public health threat for decades. A large number of the medicines circulating in...

Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am

Pakistan

Hike in medicines’ prices criticised: PDP assails pharma industry for charging MRP from consumers

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said that yet another hike in the price of already...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Editorials

A little-noticed public health threat

EDITORIAL: The statistics about the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) are startlingly worrisome. According to the World...

Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:11am

Opinion

Scarcity of medicines

The issue of letters of credit (LCs) has enormously added to both price hike and inflationary pressures. It has also...

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Drug manufacturers seek urgent steps for raw material import

KARACHI: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has earnestly appealed to the government to...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Pfizer to sell all its drugs in low-income countries at non-profit price

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it will offer its full portfolio of drugs, including off-patent medicines...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 09:57pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan sees shortage of some medicines as LC issue persists

Pharma industry fears situation will worsen due to import restrictions

Updated 12 Jan, 2023 09:49pm

Pakistan

Acute shortage of medicines on the cards

ISLAMABAD: An acute medicine shortage is looming in the country as the pharma industry is facing serious problems in...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am

Pakistan

Dollar shortage threatens to cause healthcare sector crisis in Pakistan

The ongoing dollar shortage in the country has now taken another threatening turn, as there is a scarcity of...

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 05:58pm

Early closure of markets announced

Markets to close by 8.30pm, wedding halls by 10pm; Punjab rejects plan, KPK is ambivalent
Prices of 20 essential medicines decreased

Updated 04 Jan, 2023 09:40am

Opinion

Healthcare: the healing touch can’t be felt through high-tech gear

Healthcare around the world has changed dramatically over the years. While it has improved in detection of diseases...

Updated 31 Dec, 2022 06:33am

Pakistan

Riyals, medicines seized at Jinnah Airport

KARACHI: The collectorate of Customs, Jinnah Airport has confiscated 112,500 Saudi Riyals and a substantial quantity...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Shortage of medicines affecting health sector

KARACHI: Economic and financial analyst Ateeq ur Rahman has said shortage of medicines or their rising cost is like...

Published 04 Dec, 2022 03:37am

Pakistan

‘Artificial’ shortage of essential medicines continues

ISLAMABAD: An artificial shortage of some critical medicines including painkillers such as Panadol Extra, Panadol...

Published 29 Nov, 2022 05:57am

Business & Finance

Medicines not registered under Drug Act chargeable to 17pc ST: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has conveyed to the pharmaceutical industry that the medicines not...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 05:59am

BR Research

GLAXO: earnings in red

GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Limited (PSX: GLAXO) has seen its profits fall for 1HCY22 amid rising inflation and cost...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 08:22am

Business & Finance

AGP to acquire select portfolio of products from Viatris Inc

Board authorises company to participate in process through SPV

Published 15 Jun, 2022 11:56am

Pakistan gives ‘exceptional’ permission: India sends wheat, medicines to Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Wednesday allowed the first batch of 41 Afghan trucks, carrying Indian wheat and lifesaving...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am

Business & Finance

FPCCI opposes GST on raw materials for medicines

LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday has expressed concern over the...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 8	278.28
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 8	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 8	155.25
USD to Swiss Franc / May 8	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 8	1.25
Euro to USD / May 8	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 7	5187.70
Nasdaq / May 7	16332.56
FTSE 100 / May 7	8313.67
Dow Jones / May 7	38884.26
Germany DAX 30 / May 7	18430.05
France CAC40 / May 7	8075.68
India Sensex / May 8	73566.30
Tokyo Nikkei / May 8	38202.37

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 7	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 7	205761
Petrol/Litre / May 8	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 8	77.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 8	2314.41
Diesel/Litre / May 8	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 8 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 8 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 8 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 8 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 8 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 8 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 8 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 8 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 8 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 8 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 8 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 8 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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