Association of pharmaceutical companies, Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) on Friday demanded setting up of an inquiry committee to probe more than hundred tragic deaths resulting from the reaction of some medicines in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). In a statement issued by PPMA, the association offered full support to investigate the matter, so that such incidents could be avoided in the future by identifying those responsible.
The association also asked federal and provincial governments to set up the Drug Regulatory Authority at the earliest to avoid occurrence of such incidents in the future. Chairman PPMA Muhammad Asad demanded that inquiry committee should include doctors, pharmacy and pharmaceutical experts. Committee should consider all aspects including patient’s history, past prescriptions, lab reports and other diseases of the deceased patients. He requested avoiding politicising the issue as several patients, using the medicines were in extreme stress due to media reports. He said according to information, a drug testing laboratory in Lahore has cleared all medicines which were being used in PIC.
PPMA demands probe in PIC deaths
