The quality of drugs is a crucial issue in the health sector of Pakistan. We have 772 pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan. In Pakistan, 80 percent of the drugs are domestic while 20 percent are imported from different countries like China. The domestic drugs capture around 60 percent of the market share. Most of the domestic firms produce generic drugs which are the cheaper version of original drugs. In 2018-19, around 200 million dollar domestically produced drugs were exported from Pakistan.
ISLAAH: The Immediate Reform Agenda for Pakistan
April 1, 2024
