The Drug Registration Board convened its 320th meeting on 29th – 31st August, 2022 in the Committee Room of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, G-9/4, Islamabad. The minutes of meeting are hereby circulated for information of all stakeholders.
Publications
Minutes of 287th Meeting of Central Licensing Board held on 24th June 2022
Decisions of 48th meeting of Medial Device Board (Deficiency letters)
National Essential Medicine Lists
Availability of essential medicines is one of the essential building blocks of healthcare system. Essential medicines are those which satisfy the primary healthcare need of the population. These are intended to be available within the context of functioning of health system at all times, in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage form with assured quality, and at a price that the individual and community can afford.
Careful selection of a limited range of essential medicines of high quality can provide better management towards judicious use of health resources.
National standard treatment guidelines navigate selection of essential medicine with the expectation to ensure their availability with reference to proper use of medicine within the healthcare system while reducing its cost.
National Essential Medicine List NEML is a critical document which provides and supports quality of health services across the country. The list is based on disease prevalence, evidence on efficacy and safety, and comparative cost-effectiveness and parameters adapted by W.H.O in its latest edition of Model List of Essential Medicines.
Health sector in general and Pharmaceutical sector in particular is expected to seriously consider adopting this list as a way forward to guide Provincial Governments in Medicine & Pharmaceutical sector policies, the determinants of medicines access and availability. The Provincial Governments can play a pivotal role to encourage procurement and supply chain management policies based on essential medicine concepts to promote rational use of scarce public resources. Drug Regulatory Authority is committed to make all efforts to improve patient care through availability of cost efficacious, safe & quality medicines availability in the country.
Current List
The current version, updated in October 2023 is based on the 23rd WHO Model List of Essential Medicines List (MLEM).
National Essential Medicine List-2023
English ( 47.8 MB – PDF)
Previous Lists
National Essential Medicine List-2021
English ( 10.8 MB – PDF)
National Essential Medicine List-2020
English ( 55 MB – PDF)
National Essential Medicine List-2018
English ( 15 MB – PDF)
National Essential Medicine List-2016
English ( 39 MB – PDF)
Minutes of 317th Meeting of Registration Board held on 16th – 17th May, 2022.
The Drug Registration Board convened its 317th meeting on 16th- 17th May, 2022 in the Committee Room of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, G-9/4, Islamabad. The minutes of meeting are hereby circulated for information of all stakeholders.
Minutes of 286th Meeting of Central Licensing Board held on 11th May 2022
Decisions of 47th meeting of Medical Device Board Meeting; Deficiency letter
The Medical Device Board (MDB) of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in its 47th meeting has deferred the 271 applications of registration of medical devices due to various deficiencies / shortcomings in the applications dossiers. These applicants are requested to furnish the requisite information / documentations as directed by the Medical Device Board, in the below attachment.
Partial Minutes of 317th Meeting of Registration Board
Deficiency Deferred Letters 104th,105th And 106th Meeting of EEC
DRAP invites comments of stakeholders on the draft Guidelines on Good Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical and Biological Products
Distribution of drug products includes all activities consisting of procuring, storage / holding, supplying, importing, and / or exporting of products. Such activities are carried out by the marketing authorization /registration holder including manufacturers/importers or their authorized distributors, which supply products to the pharmacies/licensed drug sale outlets and healthcare institutions which are entitled to dispense drug products.
Good Distribution Practice (GDP) is the set of standards of quality assurance for sourcing, handling, storage, and transportation of pharmaceutical and biological drug products under appropriate conditions, as required by the marketing authorization (MA) / registrant, or product specifications. To maintain the quality of pharmaceutical and biological products, every activity in the supply chain and distribution network should be carried out according to the principles of Good Distribution and Storage Practices.
These guidelines are drafted to provide appropriate systems and structures to assist manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers in fulfilling their responsibilities of planning and conducting various activities in the distribution and supply chain, which will be helpful in prevention of proliferation of unauthorized/unregistered, substandard and falsified products in the market.
This draft guideline is uploaded on the official website of DRAP dated 28th May, 2022, for seeking comments and suggestions from stakeholders on the draft document. Stakeholders can submit their comments and suggestions within 15 days of uploading this document using prescribed format, (further information on comments submission can access on this link. Comments and suggestions can be forwarded via email to ajmal.sohail∂dra.gov.pk, copying at akbar.ali∂dra.gov.pk , or can be posted at mailing address, Additional Director, Quality Assurance & Lab Testing, Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, 3rd floor, TF Complex, 7th Mauve Area, G-9/4, Islamabad.