Nationwide Crackdown on Counterfeit Medicines in Pakistan Authorities across Pakistan have launched a major operation against counterfeit medicines, seizing multiple batches of fake drugs from markets nationwide. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) reported that the confiscated medicines included treatments for fever, body pain, bacterial infections, ulcers, and anxiety disorders. Provincial Drug Control Departments […]
Local health officials say that some important medicines are being stored in very hot places — as hot as 50°C — which is much higher than the safe temperature for storing drugs. This heatwave is causing serious problems for medicines across Balochistan, particularly in the town of Osta Muhammad. There, many medicines have gone bad […]
According to Deputy Collector Muhammad Raza Naqvi, the tablets, used in the production of narcotics, were concealed in a container at Port Qasim in Karachi. He said that the tablets were declared as “Towel Fabric” to evade detection. However, the Anti-Smuggling Squad intercepted the container before it was loaded onto a ship. The seized tablets […]
As per details, Drug Testing Laboratory Head Adnan Rizvi has confirmed that several medicines were found to be fake. According to the head of the Drug Testing Laboratory, medicines from seven companies were identified as counterfeit. Shockingly, the companies involved in manufacturing these drugs do not even exist. Rizvi stated that those producing fake medicines […]
