Registration of 4,000 imported medicines cancelled

LAHORE: The Federal Health Ministry has cancelled the registration of 4,000 imported medicine, including those from China, after local industrialists objected to their sale in the country, a private TV channel reported on Saturday.

This was decided in a meeting of the Registration Board that was chaired by Health Minister Mir Ijaz Hussian Jakhrani, the channel reported.

It said the registration of the medicine was cancelled as they were being sold in Pakistan without a guarantee from the manufacturers.

The industrialists demanded the government cancel the registration of the imported medicine, as similar drugs were being produced in Pakistan as well and, therefore, there was no need to import them.

They told the channel that the government should ensure the use of the local medicine. Link...