26 cases referred to drug court in Punjab

LAHORE: The 169th meeting of Primary and Secondary Health Punjab’s Provincial Quality Control Board (PQCB) was held in which 65 cases of sub-standard/unregistered medicine were discussed. Permission of prosecution was granted in 26 cases, and these cases were referred to the drug court.

According to a handout, the meeting issued warning in 11 cases while 20 cases were adjourned. PQCB dropped five cases while inspection of good manufacturing practices was directed in three cases.

Primary and Secondary Health Department Drug Regime Additional Secretary Muhammad Sohail informed that 26 cases which were referred to the drug court were related to 15 pharmaceutical units.

These pharmaceutical units included Qamar Cotton Industries, Okara, Venis Pharma, Lahore, Medicure Lab, Karachi, Seagull Surgical Industries, Jhang, Drug Pharma, Sheikhupura Road, Lahore, Pharmaceutics International, Karachi, Raka Poshi Pharmaceutical, Peshawar, British Pharmaceutical, Lahore, Ali Industries, Lahore, Mega Pharmaceutical, Lahore, Medisearch Pharma, Manga Road, Lahore, Munawar Pharma, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, PDH Pharma, Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Geofman Pharmaceutical, Karachi and M/s.Pharma, Lahore.