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The Long History of Pakistan's Pharmaceutical Sector

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Brief History: The Pakistan pharmaceutical sector has long history. It is being almost non-existent before the time of early seventies to a well-known provider of healthcare products meeting almost 95 per cent of the Pakistan’s pharmaceuticals needs. At the time of independence of Pakistan in 1947, there was hardly any Pharma industry in the country. In beginning there were only three manufacturing units located at Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. When Pakistan came into existence, in the early years of independence the country’s requirements of pharmaceuticals were met exclusively through imports of finished products. The pharmaceutical industry of Pakistan is divided into two sections i.e. private and public sector. The discovery of antibiotics, tranquilizers etc altered all the dynamics so as a result Pakistan had to import these new costly medicines from western countries to meet its demand. Pakistan has a rising pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical sector is one of the most developed hi-tech sectors within the economy of country. Pakistan has a very forward looking Pharma Industry. Over the last one decade the Pharma industry of Pakistan has shown a progressive growth over the years. The industry has invested considerably to improve itself in the last few years. Consequently majority industry is following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) today, domestically as well as internationally. Now a day the industry has the ability to manufacture a variety of

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