*mRNA vaccine: these are a new type of vaccine which teaches our cells how to make protein. These are actually small pieces of proteins that compel our body to trigger an immune response. ** Viral vector vaccine: These are the...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the world and no country is safe from this deadliest disease. The people are protecting themselves from it while observing extreme care and social distancing. At the same time, the doctors and other health...
Metformin, (trade name Glucophage) a popular drug used to treat Type II diabetes is found to have contained a trace amount of a cancer-causing agent (a carcinogen) called N- nitrosodimethylamin (NDMA) [1]. This compound is a semi-volatile organic chemical which has...
Injection CLOTIDE (Metoclopramide) 10mg/2ml, batch number CLI-060A has been declared as a SPURIOUS drug by the Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL), Govt of Punjab. The provincial quality control board (PCQB) has issued countrywide directives to retailers, distributors and health care professionals to recall the...
Scores of Pharmacists gathered in front of Peshawar Press Club on 23 April 2019 and held a peaceful march towards the KP Provincial assembly to press the government for the implementation of KP drug rules 2017 and other demands. The pharmacists...
Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar which is one of the oldest and largest tertiary care hospital of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KP) is facing a crisis like situation due to resignation and leave of senior doctors. 5 senior doctors of LRH has reportedly...
Drug prices exorbitantly increased up to 120 % instead of DRAP approved 15 percent hike Medicine prices have been increased many folds by the Pakistan pharmaceutical manufacturer association, and this increase, in some cases, is up to 120 %. The increase...
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has finalized a plan to start model pharmacies at four (4) different districts of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa (KP). This step was taken to provide the life-saving medicines to the public round the clock and to...
The long-awaited first-ever burns and trauma centre in KP has been inaugurated by the Chief Minister Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa on 5th March 2019. The minister of Health Dr Hisham Inam Ullah Khan was also present on this occasion. The burn and trauma...
The Drug Testing Laboratory (DTL), Punjab has declared many drug products, used in various conditions substandard after analysis of their samples collected from different medical stores, pharmacies and Health care facilities. The Drugs /medicines which are declared substandard includes Tablet Garvinate...
