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BF Biosciences gets DRAP nod for brownfield expansion

Pakistan’s pharmaceutical company BF Biosciences Limited (BFBL) has secured approval from the Drug Regulatory...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 10:42pm

Pakistan

Clinical trials: DRAP seeks suggestions on revision of guidelines by 22nd

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has asked all the stakeholders to send their suggestions...

Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am

Business & Finance

Searle gets DRAP nod for Pakistan’s first locally manufactured Monoclonal antibody

Searle Company Limited (SEARL) has earned approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 01:45pm

BR Research

Panadol headache grows into a migraine

Panadol is short in the market and this has been catching eyes of media, politicians, all and sundry. Everyone has ...

Updated 25 Oct, 2022 10:30am

Pakistan

Promotion matters: DRAP accused of defying rules

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has recently promoted over a dozen officials in ...

Published 08 Sep, 2022 05:43am

Pakistan

Paracetamol: price may rise

Karachi: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in Wednesday agreed to increase price of Paracetamol...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

DRAP recommendation: MRP of Favipiravir tablets approved

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet has approved Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of new drug Favipiravir 200 mgs tablets on the...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 06:32am

Pakistan

DRAP approves emergency use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine

Decision comes after announcement that Pakistan is set to receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine through the UN-backed Covax global vaccine sharing programme
Vaccine can be administered to people suffering from diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases

Updated 01 Jul, 2021 11:55am

Pakistan

Pakistan to produce three million CanSino doses every month

SAPM says the product, PakVac, has passed rigorous internal QA testing, an important step to help in our vaccine supply line
The vaccine would be available for administration to the citizens by the end of May after approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan

Updated 25 May, 2021 08:10pm

Pakistan

Govt allows China's CoronaVac COVID vaccine for emergency use

Coronavac is the third Chinese vaccine to be used in Pakistan
As compared to other Chinese vaccines, the efficacy rate of CoronaVac is low

Published 09 Apr, 2021 10:54am

World

CanSinoBIO says COVID-19 shot may be less effective over time

CanSinoBIO’s chief scientific officer says a second shot given to trial participants six months after their first injection could offer substantial protection against the virus
Tao says accurate and precise results could only be gathered after more clinical trials

Updated 01 Apr, 2021 02:51pm

Pakistan

SHC directs govt to fix price of COVID-19 vaccine

On March 18, the court had suspended the drug regulatory authority’s notification concerning the withdrawal of exemption in Covid-19 vaccines import to a private pharma company
DRAP counsel requested the court to not allow the sale of the vaccine until its price is fixed

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:33am

Pakistan

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine to cost around Rs9,000 in Pakistan

A meeting of the DRAP's processing board was held on March 19 in which it was recommended to fix the cost of two doses of the Sputnik V vaccine between Rs8,200 to Rs9,000
The recommendation of the vaccine price has been forwarded to the health ministry which will present it before the federal cabinet for a final approval

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 02:05pm

Pakistan

Pakistan places order for single-dose Chinese CanSinoBio vaccine

Its first tranche of 60,000 doses is expected to be delivered to Pakistan within a week.
On February 12, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) had approved the vaccine for emergency use in Pakistan.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 12:21pm

Pakistan

DRAP approves Sinopharm vaccine for people above 60 years

NCOC states that the Sinopharm vaccine is being administered to people up to the age of 60 years, however, it would now be used to inoculate citizens above 60 years of age too
On February 2, the first batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Pakistan as a gift from China

Updated 05 Mar, 2021 09:22pm

Pakistan

DRAP grants permission to another Chinese firm to conduct clinical trials of COVID vaccine

Anhui Zhifei longcom will conduct its trials in Karachi at a private hospital, while in Lahore at the University of Health Sciences and another private health facility
At least 9,000 volunteers will participate in clinical trials of the Anhui Zhifei vaccine across the country

Published 14 Feb, 2021 02:57pm

Pakistan

DRAP authorises AGP to import Sputnik V vaccine in Pakistan

The firm is making efforts to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies on an emergency basis
Vaccine has been approved by 15 countries and has a good safety profile: AGP

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:59pm

Pakistan

Govt allows Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine for 'emergency use'

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has become the third to be approved for emergency use in the country
The double dose of Sputnik V in Pakistan would cost double the rates at which it is available in India

Published 24 Jan, 2021 10:24am

Pakistan

Pakistan registers 300,000 health workers for COVID-19 vaccination, says Umar

Minister says the government is trying to make the vaccine available in the country from more than one sources
At the moment there are two anti-coronavirus vaccines authorised for emergency use while phase III clinical trials of the third vaccine by CanSino will be completed by the first week of February: Umar

Published 17 Jan, 2021 02:42pm

Pakistan

COVID-19 vaccine to be available in Pakistan by March: Asad

He further stated that Sindh government should also make the arrangements for the purchase of coronavirus vaccine to protect the people living in provincial areas.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 12:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	38,986.40
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 25	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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