All-out attack on poor Pakistan, now the country of Jinnah is facing a shortage of life-saving medicines
Karachi: In poor Pakistan, there is a shortage of everything from food to gasoline, electricity and other essentials. The Pakistani government treasury has been emptied. Now the condition has become like this. In this poor Jinnah country, even life-saving medicines have become scarce.
The pricing policy of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and the depreciation of the rupee have led to severe shortages of most imported and vital medicines in Pakistan, media reported on Monday. The News reported that Abdul Mannan, a pharmacist and importer of organic products, said: Due to the extreme depreciation of the Pakistani currency against the dollar and the controversial drug pricing policy of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), his prices have gone down. up to multiples and it has become economically unfeasible for importers to bring them in at the current prices offered by DRAP.
Suppliers and drug officials said health facilities, both public and private, are facing shortages of imported vaccines, cancer treatments, fertility drugs and anesthetic gases as vendors halted their supplies due to the disparity between the dollar and rupee.
The News reported that the most important drug that health facilities are not getting right now is heparin, which is used after some heart procedures. Similarly, some important anesthetic gases such as isoflurane, sevoflurane, as well as monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of various types of cancer, as well as fertility products such as human chronic gonadotropin (HCG) and human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG). ), are also denominated in dollars. No health facilities are being provided due to the disparity of rupees and DRAP’s pricing policy.
Although most oral medicines including syrups, tablets and injections are produced locally, Pakistan imports all vaccines, cancer medicines and treatments, hormones and antibiotics from India, China, Russia, European countries as well as from USA and Turkey. biologics, including fertility drugs, as well as other products.
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