A Health Check for a Better Future: - Unleashing the Potential

A Health Check for a Better Future: Unleashing the Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and The Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) A A Health Check for a Better Future: Unleashing The Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan i A Health Check for a Better Future: Unleashing The Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Pakistan The Pakistan Business Coun. [...] It also serves on various taskforces and committees of the Government of Pakistan as well as those of the State Bank, the SECP and other regulators with the objective to provide policy assistance on new initiatives and reforms. [...] However, the current practice of simply importing 95 per cent of the raw material, compounding active ingredients with excipients, coating the pills, and packaging the drugs cannot continue to be the long-term goal of the sector. [...] The flawed and highly politicized pricing policy of the government has added to the poor state of technology in the industry. [...] However, the current practice of simply importing 95 per cent of the raw material, compounding active ingredients with excipients, coating the pills, and packaging the drugs cannot continue to be the long-term goal of the sector.