Pakistan has a growing pharmaceutical industry. As of 2012, the total export value of Pakistani-manufactured medicines around the world stood at $400 million.[1] Many different companies sell a diverse range of drugs and pharmaceutical products. Top 10 pharmaceutical brands in Pakistan include:
- Ferozsons Laboratories [2]
- Getz Pharma
- Horizon Pharmaceuticals/Wilshire Labs.
- Searle Pakistan Limited
- Herbion
- Remington Pharmaceuticals
- Barrett Hodgson Pakistan
- Nucleus Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited
- Sami Pharma [3]
- Macter International Limited[4]
- AGP Pharmaceuticals[5]
Today, the pharmaceutical sector is one of the most developed hi-tech sectors within the country's economy. New pharmacy schools have been set up nationwide in the past few years which provide and cater to quality pharmacy education to students of pharmacy. Within the province of Punjab, the Punjab Pharmacy Council (based in Lahore) is a government department responsible for conducting examination and tests.
The Pakistan Pharmacists Society is the national professional organisation of pharmacists country-wide and also acts as a regulatory authority controlling pharmacy practice in Pakistan.[6] Pharmaceutical authorities in Pakistan are part of the International Pharmaceutical Federation.
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