Islamabad (Commerce Desk) — Important progress is being made on measures to promote self-reliance, investment and exports in Pakistan’s health and pharmaceutical sector, with the Special Investment Facilitation Council playing a prominent role.
A meeting of the Special Investment Facilitation Council was held to review reforms and development initiatives in the health and pharmaceutical sector, during which the Federal Minister for Health and the Director General of the Special Investment Facilitation Council reviewed progress on various projects.
The meeting considered progress on the local production of vaccines, the plasma fractionation project and the national policy package.
The participants also discussed the implementation of the Drug Track and Trace system for monitoring medicines and measures to enhance the export potential of the health sector.
The Special Investment Facilitation Council is providing support to promote innovation, investment and development in the health and pharmaceutical sector, with the aim of meeting domestic requirements as well as increasing exports.