Pharma sector in Pakistan shows steady growth: The Post

Associated Press of Pakistan

LAHORE: Pharmaceutical sector in Pakistan has shown a steady growth over the years and produced drugs to meet the national needs as well as for export.

Many regulatory agencies of drug importing countries, even in the underdeveloped world, have mandatory requirement that exporters should submit all quality assurance tests including documented bio-equivalence study of international standards.

Scarcity of such clinical testing facility remains one of the limiting factors for export of locally manufactured pharmaceutical. The quality of the drugs is ascertained through manufacturing processes and monitored even when in the market.

The tests for the quality are performed either exclusively in labs (in vitro) or both in human or animals (in vivo) and labs. Bio-equivalence studies ensure the availability of drugs in blood according to the desired standards.

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