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Pharma industry booms in 2025, thanks to deregulation and structural reforms

Published 01 Jan, 2026 04:27pm

Several local manufacturers expanded into new lines such as vaccines, biotechnology-based products

India looking beyond US for pharma exports amid tariff tensions

Published 04 Sep, 2025 08:37pm

NEW DELHI: India is seeking to boost drug exports to semi-regulated markets in Africa, Latin America and Southeast...

SEARL wins DRAP nod for Denosumab injections in Pakistan

Published 01 Sep, 2025 10:09am

The Searle Company Limited (SEARL) has secured approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to...

Medicine prices enter into ‘stabilisation phase’ in Pakistan

Updated 30 Aug, 2025 03:13pm

• Growing competition controls prices, benefits patients

Pharma industry: a case for smart tax reforms

Updated 26 May, 2025 07:40am

Pakistan’s economy is at an inflection point. Amid shifting global dynamics and domestic fiscal pressures, the...

PPMA refutes reports claiming medicine prices increased 15 times in just five years

Updated 01 Mar, 2025 05:16pm

The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has refuted recent reports which claimed that medicine...

Digital Clearance Gateway launched to ‘streamline pharma trade, compliance’

Published 25 Feb, 2025 09:27pm

The Pakistan Single Window (PSW) and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has officially launched a...

Pakistan pharma sector can generate $5bn through medicine exports, says FPCCI’s UBG

Published 21 Feb, 2025 11:26pm

Pakistan pharma sector has potential to boost medicine exports to $5 billion over the next few years, the United...

Arab Health in Dubai: where companies looked for the ‘wow effect’ for Pakistan’s pharma industry

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:06am

DUBAI: Dubai’s Arab Health medical expo could be the medicine to the Pakistani pharmaceutical and surgical...

Non-essential medicines: Deregulation helps boost pharma industry

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 12:15pm

KARACHI: The deregulation of non-essential medicines in early 2024 has brought significant positive changes to...

Citi Pharma intends to construct 200-bed hospital, medical university in Lahore

Published 09 Oct, 2024 03:57pm

Citi Pharma Limited (CPHL), a Pakistani pharmaceutical company, will construct a healthcare facility, featuring a...

Medicines: Non-availability, black-marketing cause surge in mental diseases

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

ISLAMABAD: While expressing serious concerns over increase in mental diseases in the country, leading pharma ...

LHC’s decision to help boost Pakistan’s pharma sector: brokerage house

Updated 04 Apr, 2024 07:40pm

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to nullify the stayorder against the deregulation of Maximum Retail Prices...

Pakistan’s listed pharma sector sees earnings go down 42% YoY in 2023

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 04:16pm

Decline attributed to decrease in gross margin, higher finance cost, says brokerage house

Pharma industry told to ensure barcodes printing on packaging

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

ISLAMABAD: The Policy Board of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in a bid to curb the manufacturing,...

Minister asks Pharma industry to focus on exports

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations, Dr Nadeem Jan on Friday ...

Healthcare Expo: Minister seeks govt’s role in promoting pharma industry

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab Health Minister Prof Dr Javed Akram has expressed optimism that the newly elected...

Pharma Park construction: Health minister says all initiatives handed over to SIFC to cut red tape

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations in a bid to avert bureaucratic hurdles in the...

Pharma sector has potential to fetch foreign exchange for country thru exports: PPMA

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

LAHORE: The Pakistan pharmaceutical industry has the potential to fetch precious foreign exchange through exports of...

‘Urgent steps needed to eliminate losses of govt institutions’

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and...

Local pharma industry urged to establish own brands

Published 13 Aug, 2023 02:55am

KARACHI: Business leaders mainly from pharmaceutical industry have urged the local pharmaceutical industry to...

Pharma exports potential

Published 16 Jul, 2023 06:16am

EDITORIAL: Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar’s vision of raising pharmaceutical exports to $1 billion by 2025 ...

Country aims $1bn pharma exports by 2025, says Qamar

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 09:35am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar said Wednesday that Pakistan’s objective is to increase...

22pc interest rate inimical to business activities: PM

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:33am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday acknowledged that with a 22 percent rate of interest, no business...

Drug price adjustment: Pharma industry seeks support of govt

Published 15 Mar, 2023 07:05am

ISLAMABAD: Pharma industry has sought the support of the government for addressing their issues related to price...

Steel, pharma sectors hit harder

Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am

The issue of letters of credit (LCs) has strongly affected the two sectors in particular: construction (read steel)...

Raw materials, PKR, inflation: pharma industry urges govt to help resolve issues

Published 11 Feb, 2023 07:36am

LAHORE: In the wake of increase in the prices of raw material, devaluation of Pakistani rupee and unprecedented...

Imminent ‘catastrophe’

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

EDITORIAL: The government is trying to keep a straight face, but it seems pretty helpless as around 40 ...

Medicine makers call for price hike

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has asked the government to immediately...

Pharma industry unilaterally decides to increase prices

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am

ISLAMABAD: The local pharmaceutical industry on Monday expressed serious concerns over the imposition of ‘Super...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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