Price deregulation: Pakistan’s pharma sector sales hit $3.3bn in FY24, 22% higher year-on-year Pakistan’s pharmaceutical industry achieved sales of Rs916 billion (USD 3.3 billion) in FY24, a 22% year-on-year... Updated 21 Aug, 2024 03:59pm
Business & Finance Ferozsons Laboratories’ subsidiary BF Biosciences launches human insulin Pakistan’s pharmaceutical company BF Biosciences Limited (BFBL) has successfully launched a human insulin under the... Updated 15 Aug, 2024 11:59pm
Markets Pakistan’s pharma company BF Biosciences looks to raise at least Rs1.38bn through IPO Pakistan’s pharmaceutical company BF Biosciences Limited (BFBL) is planning an initial public offering (IPO) at the... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 09:09pm
Pakistan Pakistan’s healthcare sector struggling with R&D deficiencies, medicine shortages KARACHI: Pakistan’s healthcare sector is facing severe challenges due to a lack of research and development... Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:53am
Business & Finance Regulatory environment major issue as foreign pharma cos exit Pakistan KARACHI: The pharmaceutical sector in Pakistan is facing significant challenges, with only four foreign companies... Updated 22 Jul, 2024 12:09pm
Business & Finance Licenses, product registration: PSW teams up with DRAP for gradual roll-out of services ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Single Window (PSW), in collaboration with the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
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
Editorials Drap drugged, again! EDITORIAL: Now that pharmacies have been caught charging up to five times more than the maximum retail price (MRP)... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am
Business & Finance Multinational companies: Pharmaceutical companies advised to adopt patents, licences KARACHI: Pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan should invest in research and development and adopt patents and... Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am
Business & Finance Growth of pharma sector linked to good policies KARACHI: Conducive policies, fair pricing mechanisms, and investment in research and development are crucial for the... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Print 22pc interest rate inimical to business activities: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday acknowledged that with a 22 percent rate of interest, no business... Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:33am
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
Editorials Finally, DRAP yields EDITORIAL: Finally, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has allowed pharmaceutical companies to ... Updated 25 May, 2023 07:06am
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 Govt agrees to increase prices of paracetamol tablets, liquid ISLAMABAD: The government agreed on Wednesday to increase 25 percent in prices of paracetamol tablets and 12 percent... Published 27 Oct, 2022 05:54am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points