Drug Regulatory Authority Of Pakistan Signs Agreement On Pharmacovigilance System Partnership

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and Pakistan Society of Health System Pharmacists (PSHP) on Pharmacovigilance System partnership

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jan, 2019 ) :A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Wednesday between the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and Pakistan Society of Health System Pharmacists (PSHP) on Pharmacovigilance System partnership.

CEO DRAP Dr Sheikh Akhter Hussain thanked President and CEO PSHP Abdul Latif Shaikh for volunteering their services for awareness and capacity building of healthcare professionals and helping DRAP to restructure the PV system in Pakistan.

Abdul Latif Sheikh congratulated the CEO DRAP and his team for achieving the full membership of World Health Organization - Programme for International Drug Monitoring (WHO-PIDM), Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), Sweden. He assured his society's continued support to DRAP in up lifting the PV system in Pakistan.

He said that the PSHP is a member of Federation of International Pharmaceuticals (FIP) and a nonpolitical, non-religious and technical entity of high intellect professionals.

Division of Pharmacy Services presented the current working of National Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPVC). Director Pharmacy Services apprised the participants of the ceremony that Pakistan through diligent working of DRAP has become full member of UMC-WHO in November 2018, after remaining associate member for 24 years.

The objectives of signing MoU were development of capacity proficiency in skills amongst pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in healthcare system and have a collaborative approach towards the enhanced adverse drug event reporting culture, analysis of safety profile of drug and its rational use During the ceremony Directors of DRAP Ghulam Rasool Dutani, Dr Obaidullah, Amanullah, Deputy Directors Akhtar Abbas Khan, Sayyad Hussain Khan,Assistant Directors Abdul Mateen, Abdul Mughees and Ms. Aqsa Hashmi and JamshedAhmed, General Secretary PSHP,Farrukh Malik, Member Executive Council (PSHP) were also present.