Drap asks nine firms to recall `contaminated medicines´ used to treat high blood pressure
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has directed nine pharmaceutical companies to recall medicines of high blood pressure, manufactured by them, as contaminated raw material used in these medicines can cause cancer. The directive has been issued after getting an alert from the European Medicating Agency (EMA) which pointed out that the raw material was contaminated. `Though the directive has been issued and pharmaceutical companies have started recalling the medicine, the incident has exposed the flaws in Drap as in Pakistan 95 per cent medicines are made with imported raw material but there is no mechanism to check the quality of raw material. Companies...