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Rising drug prices: Crackdown against pharma cos. commences!

ISLAMABAD: A countrywide crackdown has been initiated by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) against pharma companies who had recently augmented the prices of products illegally. 

DRAP spokesperson, while talking to NPTV, told that the authority had commenced the crackdown on the directives of Minister for Health Aamir Kiani.

According to sources, DRAP had seized 143 medicines which were being sold at high prices. Authority has also stopped such companies from manufacturing drugs.

 

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.