{
  "id": 4065670,
  "title": "Revision of regulatory framework governing drug pricing ordered",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/revision-of-regulatory-framework-governing-drug-pricing-ordered",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-29T00:25:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436928/revision-of-regulatory-framework-governing-drug-pricing-ordered"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Establishment Division, Senator Ahad Cheema, has ordered a revision of the regulatory framework governing drug pricing in Pakistan. The Ministry of National Health Services and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) are tasked with reviewing the Hardship Policy and the composition of the DRAP Policy Board. The aim is to prevent unjustified price increases while ensuring the availability of essential medicines for consumers. Cheema expressed dissatisfaction with DRAP’s current formula for determining price increases, emphasizing the need for a transparent, evidence-based, and fully justified mechanism. He directed DRAP to strengthen the price-increase formula with greater scrutiny and independent checks. Additionally, the composition of the DRAP Policy Board will be revised to include a health economist and a public health expert, aiming to strengthen expertise and evidence-based decision-making.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}