Islamabad, March 27, 2018 (PPI-OT): Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has informed that the drive against spurious and unregistered drugs is successfully moving in the right direction. All provinces including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir are participating in one month campaign which was started on 19-03-2018. National Task Force is submitting daily activity report to DRAP’s Head office. During last one week, 191 raids were conducted and on violation of DRAP Act, 2012 and Drugs Act, 1976 stocks at 64 premises were seized.37 establishments including Medical Stores, Pharmacies and Distributors were sealed.
Four FIRs were lodged against accused persons and further permission to lodge 02 FIRs is sought from concerned Quality Control Board. DRAP further added that this campaign was started on the directions of Supreme Court of Pakistan and is part of the road map for eradication of spurious, sub-standard and unregistered drugs from Pakistan. DRAP has already requested the general public to support DRAP by informing if they found any person, medical store, pharmacy, distributor and manufacturer involved in manufacturing and sale of unregistered, substandard and spurious drugs.
Medical Stores and Pharmacies owners were asked not to purchase any medicine without legal bill warranty. Printing presses vendors are also warned to print only packing material of registered medicine of licensed manufacturers. During various activities of National Task Force across the country a number of unregistered and Government property medicines were recovered and seized. CEO, DRAP Dr. Sheikh Akhtar Hussain has vows its commitment to eradicate the spurious and un-registered drugs from Pakistani market.
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