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Pakistan's medicine shortage worsens as delayed price approvals block legal access to vital drugs, endangering patient care.
Pakistan faces a severe shortage of essential medicines, including cancer treatments, vaccines, and drugs for chronic diseases, due to delays in government approval of drug prices, despite the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan having finalized pricing recommendations.
Although imports from China continue normally, pharmaceutical companies cannot legally import or distribute newly approved medicines without official price notifications, creating a regulatory bottleneck.
This has disrupted access to life-saving treatments nationwide, raising concerns about patients turning to unsafe, unregulated, or counterfeit alternatives.
Experts warn the crisis exposes systemic weaknesses in healthcare governance and threatens public health.
La escasez de medicamentos en Pakistán se agrava a medida que los retrasos en la aprobación de precios bloquean el acceso legal a medicamentos vitales, poniendo en peligro la atención al paciente.