GSK contemplating splitting up the group: Report

Some investors have long called for the group’s break-up, arguing that it would crystallize value for component businesses and that there are limited synergies between consumer and pharma.

PSQCA issues notice to beauty cream manufacturers over health concerns

Faiza Beauty Cream causes skin cancer, other diseases

Construction of Pakistan’s largest Shaukat Khanum Hospital commences in Karachi

The hospital, which will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs6.2bn, is planned to become operational by Dec 2021 The year 2019...

DRAP resists move to classify infant formula as food items

The Senate Standing Committee directs DRAP to ensure infant formula ads warn that powdered milk is not a substitute for breast milk

DRAP launches nationwide crackdown on substandard diagnostic chemicals

Regulatory authority orders strict inspections and enforcement to combat illegal imports and unsafe practices in medical diagnostics

How investor cash is changing the face of Pakistan’s diagnostic labs

From global private equity to domestic healthcare companies, laboratories in Pakistan are attracting investment and getting technological upgrades

Reckitt Benckiser collaborates with four Pakistani brands to facilitate health sector

KARACHI: Reckitt Benckiser, in collaboration with Shan Foods, Shield Corporation, Syntax and English Biscuits, is setting up a company in Pakistan to...

Sindh govt urged to act on Rs40 billion irregularities at National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases

Transparency International calls for suspension of officials and forensic audit following damning audit report on Sindh’s key cardiac hospital

Pakistan produces unfit tobacco for manufacturing cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: As the lawmakers complain that manufacturing of substandard cigarette is causing an increase in mouth cancers among smokers in the country,...

PBBC proposes to establish network of hospitals across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday received a delegation of Pakistan-Britain Business Council (PBBC) and its sister organisation, Pakistan-Scotland Business Council (PSBC),...

World Bank rates $300 million national health program as ‘moderately satisfactory’

Nearly 46% of committed funds disbursed as reforms gain momentum

How Sehat Kahani came out the other side of the funding crunch

In the world of Pakistan’s telehealth space where models are not yet working, Sehat Kahani pushed a story that helped them keep the startup funded and running. What exactly did they do?

Pfizer seeks $75.2 million from SAC insider trading settlement

The dispute arises from SAC’s $602 million SEC settlement over insider trades in Wyeth and Elan by convicted employee Mathew Martoma

Bridging healthcare gaps

Nothing sensitises one to others pain than having acutely felt it yourself. Having lost her mother in post-op care after an open...

Where money is not the prime mover

Not a medical doctor himself but having received training in hospital management, Fahdel Sheikh is upscale Aadil Hospital’s owner and director. With...