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GOOD NEWS FOR ALL & SUNDRY PUBLISHED IN PAKISTAN MAY, 2015 - Issue No. 02 Vol.3www.dental-tribune.com.pk Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 Restorative-driven implant therapy Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin CLINICAL PRACTICE Interview: “We are still pretty much in shock” Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin PMDC & CPSP join hands to uplift medical education Everything for digital dentistry ARACHI- Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) has demanded of the government to set up a task force under chairmanship of Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to increase annual exports of medicines from existing US $200 million to $05 billion in the next decade under its “Vision-2025”. Under the same vision, the PPMA plans to establish at least 10 FDA(US Food and DrugAdministration)- accredited medicines’ manufacturing units in Pakistan for exporting medicines. It was announced at a seminar titled “Pharmaceutical export, the next frontier” held at a local hotel under aegis of PPMA. Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, chief executives of TDAP (Trade Development Authority of Pakistan) and DRAP (Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan), Secretary Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination and other stakeholders attended. The participants of seminar were informed that the PPMA under the same regime is willing to launch one-window operations in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad where officials of TDAP, DRAP and other concerned departments would sit under one roof to issue all necessary documents required for export of medicines. The PPMA also demanded that period of one year required for getting registrations for medicines’ exports should also be curtailed to facilitate the country’s pharmaceutical firms. Participants of the seminar were informed that India, at present, had an international medicines’ export market of $15bn with medicines from the neighbouring country going to all developed countries having stringently regulated pharmaceutical sector and they include Japan, the USA, the UK, Australia and European countries. On the contrary, Pakistan’s medicines, due to lack of mandatory international certifications, could export medicines to only under-developed countries having semi-regulated pharmaceutical markets mainly in CARs (Central Asian countries), African, Far Eastern and South American regions. It urged the government to prepare a feasible export regime for Pakistani Pharma industry on the pattern of India where pharmaceutical development fund was established under the export council for providing loans to drug manufacturing units for 10 years on highly subsidized rates. PPMA Chairman Saeed Allahwalah made a presentation on a comparative study of situation and statistics of medicines’ exports in Pakistan and India. Dr Kaiser Waheed said that Pakistan’s own pharmaceutical industry had been meeting up to 65 per cent requirement of local medicines’ market whereas the industry had vast potential of exporting medicines provided government extended full support to the industry. He said Pakistan produces medicines at a cheaper Continued on page 11 DT Pakistan Report K n a letter to deans, VC and Principals of Medical & Dental Colleges has categorically denied placing an advertisement regarding monthly stipend of house job. In the letter the institutions have been directed to proceed as per section 22 of PM&DC admission regulations in MBBS/BDS courses and conditions for House Job/internship/foundation regulations 2013. It is pertinent to mention that PMDC had asked the public and private institutions to ensure paid house jobs to their graduates but did not fix any amount and left it to the colleges to decide. The advertisement which has now been termed as fake created a stir for the institutions as it mentions Rs 30,000 as the minimum wage for house job. In most of the colleges the house job pay or honorarium varies between Rs 6000 to 12000/ as event the demonstrator gets 15 to 20000 per month. I DT Pakistan Report PMDC terms Advertisement Fake ‘VISION-2015’ PPMA vows to increase medicines’ export up to $5bn DT Pakistan Report ARACHI- It was after a long time that two major institutions of the country - Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) – have got together for promoting and uplifting the medical education in the country. The good news was broke to the media persons by PMDC President Prof (Dr) Masood Hameed and CPSP President Prof (Dr) Zafarullah Chaudhry at a dinner hosted in honour of newly-elected Council of CPSP by Ziauddin University’s Chancellor Dr Asim Hussain. Terming doctor-patient ration in Pakistan `far below’, Prof Masood Hameed, underscored the need for producing much more doctors for combating the challenging situation being faced by the country in the wake reduced number of postgraduate doctors/specialist who could become teachers at medical institutions, but the Ministry of NHSR&C has not yet lifted the moratorium imposed on opening new medical colleges. Voicing his concern over the issue, Prof Zafarullah Chaudhry urged the universities to encourage doctors to undertake specialized courses to overcome the dearth of doctors in the country. He was delighted to see that councils of both the PMDC and CPSP have got together after a long ‘frustrated’ gap to manage and to provide opportunities to the doctors for having postgraduate advanced studies in medicine, surgery and allied subjects. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Asim Hussain, who is Continued on page 11 K INTERNATIONAL NEWS Editor - Online Haseeb Uddin INTERNATIONAL NEWS

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