On the application of the Drug Testing Laboratory Karachi, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has issued a rapid alert regarding nine cancer medicines as fake and illegal, it was reported on Monday.
According to details, the Drug Testing Laboratory in Karachi has declared the drug samples to be counterfeit and illegal.
The drug testing laboratory did not verify the raw materials in the medicine samples. The illegal and counterfeit medicines are manufactured by German, Bangladeshi, and Indian companies.
The medicines have been declared counterfeit and illegal under Section 3 of the Drugs Act, 1976. Quality and efficacy of counterfeit medicines are uncertain; their use can be fatal.
Regulatory bodies and provincial drug control directorates must step up surveillance. Regulatory bodies should seize batches of counterfeit and illegal medicines from the market. Distributors and medical stores must immediately report counterfeit and illegal medicines.
