Drugs import from India: Shahbaz Sharif demands probe into billion-rupee scandal

[itsanufy]

Medicine, food and other lifesaving things shouldn't have any borders. Chest thumping or ultra nationalism should stop.
Between it's a win win for both, we earn money and Pakistan get life saving medicines.
Between Indian Pharma was valued at 40B$ previous year. Vaccines are another important export where we are the biggest producer.
Even the mighty BD Imports good quantity from us and relabel. This was from first hand experience on working with BD pharma company.
Enough side talk, guys can we focus on the corruption on Pakistan pharma imports from India.

 

[Nilgiri]

You clearly didn't understand my point about blogs.

Understandable

W.R.T post #5, "Bangladesh drug quality is far more reliable than most Indian pharma produced items":

http://www.worldstopexports.com/drugs-medicine-exports-country/

11. India: $14.8 billion (3.8% growth 2018-2019)
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71. Bangladesh $57 million (-42% contraction 2018 - 2019)


You can understand the resulting psyche here

High base growth vs low base contraction (after so much blabbing about it over the years too).

 

[WebMaster]

Back to topic boys.

 

[Bilal9]

Pakistan Pharma Companies Say Local Production Will Be Hit After Opposition Protests Import Of Medicines From India


by Swarajya Staff - May 12 2020, 6:31 pm,

Medical drugs and a thermometer. (Pixabay/Steve Buissinne)


Pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan have said country’s local drug manufacturing would be severely impacted if the imports of medicines and raw materials from India were stopped.

The response from the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) came after several opposition leaders in the neighbouring country opposed the government’s permission given to imports of life-saving drugs from India.

Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, last week in parliament, slammed the move by Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s government.

As per a report presented by Pakistan’s Health Minister to the government, 429 active pharmaceutical ingredients, 12 different kinds of vaccines and 59 medicines had been bought by manufacturers and importers from India under a special permission.

However, the report also said that vitamin tablets and various medicines which are being manufactured in Pakistan were also imported. This led PM Khan to order a probe in the supposed misuse of the permission.

Imran Khan government, last year in August, had suspended import of drugs and raw materials from India after the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The government, however, had to permit the import of life-saving drugs and several raw materials in September following pressure from manufacturers in his country.