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  • Pakistan’s Fake Drug Crisis: DRAP’s Crackdown on Counterfeit Medicines

    Pakistan’s Fake Drug Crisis: DRAP’s Crackdown on Counterfeit Medicines

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    Counterfeit Medicines Threaten Pakistan’s Healthcare Pakistan’s healthcare system is grappling with a dangerous fake drug crisis. According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 85% of medicines in Pakistan are either counterfeit or substandard, with DRAP reporting that half of the samples tested were fake. These include life-saving treatments for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, infections, and…