SHC issues notice in shady licence deal
SHC issues notices to federal health secretary and local pharmaceutical company in the case of illegal import of drugs
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court issued notices on Wednesday to the federal health secretary and a local pharmaceutical company in the case of the illegal import of a hepatitis C drug from a research facility in the Netherlands and its sale in Pakistan.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, was hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sohail Hameed who questioned the decision to grant a licence to a pharmaceutical company with a factory in Korangi Industrial Area for the manufacture and sale of the hepatitis vaccine based on raw material imported from a research institute which never marketed its product in its home country or the European Union. According to drug laws, raw material can be imported from a manufacturer but only with a licence.
The petitioner asked the court to revoke the licence, restrain the company from manufacturing and selling the produce in the country. Pre-admission notices will be issued to the respondents for Nov 4.
Published in The Express Tribune, Octobers 21st, 2010.
The Sindh High Court issued notices on Wednesday to the federal health secretary and a local pharmaceutical company in the case of the illegal import of a hepatitis C drug from a research facility in the Netherlands and its sale in Pakistan.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany, was hearing a petition filed by lawyer Sohail Hameed who questioned the decision to grant a licence to a pharmaceutical company with a factory in Korangi Industrial Area for the manufacture and sale of the hepatitis vaccine based on raw material imported from a research institute which never marketed its product in its home country or the European Union. According to drug laws, raw material can be imported from a manufacturer but only with a licence.
The petitioner asked the court to revoke the licence, restrain the company from manufacturing and selling the produce in the country. Pre-admission notices will be issued to the respondents for Nov 4.
Published in The Express Tribune, Octobers 21st, 2010.