PMA protest the delay of DRA

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Pakistan Medical Association officers have strongly protested against the delay in establishing the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA). They said that in the last 24 days the provincial and federal governments had been involved in blame games instead of taking concrete steps to rectify the situation. PMA further said the formation of a provincial regulatory authority was also mandatory in order to control the quality and prices of medicines of the pharmaceutical industry (national & multinational) in the province. The organisation has demanded the Prime Minister and Punjab Chief Minister to hold a collective meeting for the establishment of the DRA. It also appealed to patients who had been treated at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology not to leave their medicines because of drug reaction fears as some medicines were required for their heart conditions.