Tag: DRAP

Drap orders to recall cough syrup from market: report

ISLAMABAD: Following the orders of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap), a commonly used cough syrup has been recalled from the market after it was learnt...

DRAP shares details of a ‘powerful’ person, drug mafia with SC

CJP says can anyone be more powerful than institutions? SC summons senior NAB, FIA officials for next hearing ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday summoned...

DRAP urges strict compliance of drug sales rules

  ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has asked Quality Control Boards of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad...

Interprovincial coordination essential to regulate drugs prices, quality: minister

Newly appointed DRAP chief calls on health minister LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare (P&SH) Khawaja Imran Nazir on Thursday said interprovincial coordination was...

DRAP’s digital listing of registered drugs continues

ISLAMABAD: Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Registration Division of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has been continuously working on the digital listing of all registered...

DRAP issues advisory on implicated batches

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has issued a public advisory on the use of Celia and Gromore on the global recall...

DRAP to introduce ethical code for doctors and pharma companies

KARACHI: Drug Regulation Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is planning to establish a much needed ‘Code of Ethics’ for doctors and pharmaceutical companies, which will restrict...

Major initiatives to uplift DRAP continues unabated

ISLAMABAD: Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) has implemented more than 10 new laws, with prior approval of the federal government, to regulate therapeutic goods across...

IHC declares appointment of Dr Aslam as DRAP CEO illegal

Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared the appointment of Dr Muhammad Aslam as Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan (DRAP) CEO as illegal and ordered the...

Federal drug surveillance laboratory to start functioning soon

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan’s (DRAP) federal drug surveillance laboratory would soon start functioning in the country. According to an official of DRAP, under...

Suo motu on substandard stents: Only one cardiologist on DRAP board,...

Court hints at reconstitution of board of drug regulatory authority A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, on...

Unregistered stents’ investigation: DRAP shows concern over doctors’ malpractice

LAHORE: Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) held an emergency meeting in the committee room regarding the use of unregistered stents by the doctors...

Crack down continues against substandard drugs

ISLAMABAD: Inspection teams of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) raided different manufacturing units and pharmacies in various cities and took stern action against...

DRAP to introduce ‘bar coding system’ to curb spurious drugs

    The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has decided to introduce 'bar coding system' for the first time in the country to curb the...

PM takes notice of jacking up of life saving drugs’ prices

    Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday took notice of price hike of life saving drugs for cancer, diabetes, hepatitis and many other diseases....

1,644 cases registered to control substandard drugs in 2 years

The federal and provincial governments have registered 1,644 cases during the last two years under the drive to control the manufacturing of spurious and...