{"id":13202,"date":"2025-10-26T09:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/26\/accelerating-drug-clearances-drap-psw\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:39:06","slug":"accelerating-drug-clearances-drap-psw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/26\/accelerating-drug-clearances-drap-psw\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerating Drug Clearances with DRAP PSW Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An orientation session organised by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan in coordination with the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) was held at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce on 23 October 2025 to brief industry stakeholders on PSW change management and regulatory processes. <strong>Mr Zeeshan Nazir Bajar<\/strong>, Director QA&amp;LT, DRAP Islamabad, and <strong>Dr Syed Zia Husnain<\/strong>, Additional Director DRAP Lahore, joined DRAP Lahore officers and the PSW team for the briefing, while the vice president of LCCI attended to represent the business community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms Marium<\/strong>, PSW coordinator, delivered a focused presentation on PSW change management and the practical steps firms must take to align with the new processes. The session was deliberately interactive, with a large turnout of technical personnel from the pharmaceutical industry engaging on issues that affect import and export clearances. DRAP Lahore managed logistical arrangements under the guidance of the Director QA&amp;LT to ensure broad stakeholder participation.<\/p>\n<p>The DRAP PSW collaboration is expected to accelerate the drug clearance timetable, helping to ensure timely availability of life-saving medicines across Pakistan. Industry participants and regulators discussed how streamlined PSW workflows can reduce procedural delays and create a more predictable environment for drug exports, strengthening Pakistan&#8217;s position in global pharmaceutical trade.<\/p>\n<p>Organised jointly by DRAP and PSW with support from the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries, the session also thanked industry associations including PPMA and PCDA for mobilising firms to attend. The meeting underlined a shared commitment to regulatory efficiency, stakeholder engagement and safeguarding public access to essential medicines through improved clearance processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRAP PSW orientation in Lahore on 23 October 2025 accelerates drug clearance, boosts availability of life-saving medicines and supports pharma exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}