{
  "id": 15143197,
  "title": "DRAP and Provincial Regulators Unite to Boost Market Surveillance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/drap-and-provincial-regulators-unite-to-boost-market-surveillance",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-17T06:48:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ProPakistani",
    "slug": "propakistani",
    "url": "https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/17/drap-and-provincial-regulators-unite-to-boost-market-surveillance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) partnered with provincial and state drug control agencies to hold a three-day workshop aimed at improving market surveillance, regulatory collaboration, and product quality across Pakistan. The workshop centered on risk-based sampling, market monitoring, the Market Control Dashboard, and electronic quality management systems (eQMS). Experts from across the country joined forces to exchange knowledge and boost their technical skills. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the program aims to enhance coordination among federal, provincial, and state regulatory bodies, promoting a unified approach to regulating medical products. During the event, participants explored ways to improve risk-based sampling, strengthen market surveillance, and boost the use of digital tools to aid regulatory decisions and ensure better oversight of medical products. The workshop also stressed the need to work together to stop the distribution of substandard and falsified medical products that can seriously threaten patient safety and public health. Participants agreed on the importance of a stronger national regulatory framework, recommitting to better interprovincial cooperation, enhancing market control systems, and improving regulatory operations. Using electronic quality management systems and better market surveillance tools is expected to lead to more efficient regulatory processes, better information sharing among authorities, and quicker responses to safety issues. This initiative is part of efforts to create a more robust, responsive, and resilient National Regulatory System that ensures medical products in Pakistan meet safety, effectiveness, and quality standards. DRAP and its provincial and state counterparts vowed to collaborate closely to safeguard patients, improve regulatory performance, and promote access to safe, effective, and quality-assured medical products throughout the nation.",
  "summary": "The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), in collaboration with provincial and state drug control administrations, has concluded a three-day … Read More The post DRAP and Provincial Regulators Unite to Boost Market Surveillance appeared first on ProPakistani .",
  "key_points": [
    "DRAP partners with provincial regulators for market surveillance workshop",
    "Workshop focuses on risk-based sampling, market monitoring, eQMS",
    "WHO supports initiative to enhance regulatory collaboration and quality"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}