Efroze Chemical Industries' owner smells a 'conspiracy' in PIC drug issue

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Owner of Efroze Chemical Industries confessed on Wednesday that the batch of IsoTab produced for Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) was tainted with Pyrimethamine, an anti-malarial.

Contrary to his confession, the owner, while speaking to press said that his factory should not be closed down only for this reason as the factory had 35 years of experience in the market and that their drugs were exported to over 20 countries worldwide.

Terming it a “conspiracy” to malign the factory’s name, the owner said that last year in September, some material was stolen from their warehouse and said that it might have been used in adulterating the batch of medicines.

He said that only this particular batch was spurious and that the rest of the medicines produced by the factory did not have any issues.

The owner also said that an FIR will be lodged in this regard.

Earlier today, a team of Federal Investigation Agency along with officials of health department reached the factory.

FIA Deputy Director Akbar Baloch said that the team will go inside the factory to talk to the management.

Earlier The World Health Organisation has banned Pakistan cardiac medicine Isotab after a medical test carried out in the presence of Punjab government representatives in Switzerland.The WHO has banned use of the Pakistani medicine across the globe. This can evidently be a conspiracy against the Pakistan drug industry which is flourishing with great pace and is playing a role of important rival in the region against Indian drug industry. The estimated value of Pakistani medicines sold is expected to exceed US$2.3 Billion by 2012. Currently The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Industry meets around 70% of the country's demand of Finished Medicine and a large proportion is exported.

Faraan Khan

Pakistan Cyber Force

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