After long wait, Centre fixes prices of 35 new essential drugs

KARACHI: The federal government has approved the long-awaited price fixation of 35 new essential and life-saving medicines, with another 45 molecules expected to be cleared shortly, in a move aimed at ending critical shortages that had disrupted treatment for patients across Pakistan, a senior official and industry sources said on Sunday. The official said the decision would improve the availability of several high-priority therapies that had remained inaccessible due to prolonged delays in pric...