Pak Pharma and Healthcare Exhibition kicks off at expo centre

KARACHI: The three-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Exhibition kicks off at the Karachi Expo Centre, a statement said.

At the opening ceremony, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said that pharma is a billion dollars export industry and it can surpass textile exports, while reiterating that all the issues of the pharma industry, including exports will be resolved.

Ismail said that the development of the pharma industry is Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision. The exports of the pharma industry right now is $300 billion and it can be expanded, adding that there is no example in the world of the Ehsaas Health Card programme, which provides health facilities to the people who before could not afford to buy medicines.

The exhibition was held by the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) under the Prime Unit management. The organiser of the exhibition and director of Prime Unit Kamran Abbasi; PPMA chairman Mansoor Dilawar; Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Muhammad Idress; Zia ul Arfeen; Muhammad Arif Lakhani; Asif Ijaz; Abu Bakkar Shamshi; Nasir Riaz Anwal; Tanveer Bari; Aamir Charra and Qamar Usman were present at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

The Sindh governor emphasised that medicines in Pakistan are the cheapest in the region even though Pakistan imports raw material, adding that the prices of medicines will further decline when Pakistan starts manufacturing them.

Answering a question, Ismail said that the new directive for big pharma companies not to give benefits to the doctors, is welcoming.

Inflation is a global issue, the present government slashed many taxes imposed by the previous government and it cannot afford to give more subsidies to the people, he added.

Event organiser Kamran Abbasi said that the exhibition with the support of PPMA is being held at two exhibition halls. More than 70 local and foreign companies are participating in it.

The pharma manufacturing industry, service delivery, machinery and equipment used in laboratories will be exhibited at the expo.

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