Tag: Medicine
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Strengthening Regulations to Combat Medicine Misbranding
Stricter regulations are on the anvil on branding of drug formulations and to enforce the prohibition on advertising medicines. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is considering introducing new rules to stop the industry practice of marketing formulations containing different active ingredients under the same brand name. The regulator feels that such brand promotion…
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Border Disruptions Threaten $200 Million Medicine Trade
KARACHI: Repeated closures of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have brought bilateral medicine trade to a standstill, leaving hundreds of trucks stranded and “jeopardising” nearly $200 million worth of pharmaceutical exports, industry sources said. Industry representatives warn that the ongoing blockade at Torkham and Chaman is crippling pharmaceutical supplies to Afghanistan, spoiling temperature-sensitive drugs, and exposing Pakistan…