Helping hand: DUHS to provide subsidised medicines
University plans to establish Dow Pharmacy Centres across the province.
KARACHI:
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) plans to establish Dow Pharmacy Centres across the province. The centres will market drugs prepared by its pharmacology unit, on a no-profit basis. According to a DUHS official, the pharmacology unit is already producing various formulations in accordance with WHO standards. "We plan to market these formulations through a chain of centres in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana," said the official. He said that the medicines would be available to customers at reduced prices compared to other places.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 8th, 2014.
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) plans to establish Dow Pharmacy Centres across the province. The centres will market drugs prepared by its pharmacology unit, on a no-profit basis. According to a DUHS official, the pharmacology unit is already producing various formulations in accordance with WHO standards. "We plan to market these formulations through a chain of centres in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana," said the official. He said that the medicines would be available to customers at reduced prices compared to other places.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 8th, 2014.