Summary LCCI has called for stern action pharmaceutical companies which are preparing poor-quality medicine.
LAHORE:-Addiction and the over-dose are the cause of the death as some of the pharma companies are using their skills just for their vested interests while setting aside all scientific grounds and rules and regulations.
Addressing a Press conference here Wednesday at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar and Pharma Industry leaders including Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, Mian Misbahur Rehman, Amjad Ali Jawa, Mohammad Zakaur Rehman, Asad Shujaur Rehman and Nadeem Shami said that 16000 bottles of the same batch were supplied across the country while the incident took place in one locality only that is known as a hub of drug addicts. LCCI Senior Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh and Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad also spoke on the occasion.
The LCCI President said that the law-enforcement agencies were well aware of the presence of a large number of drug addicts in that area and they should have taken some action against them well ahead of this incident.
Farooq Iftikhar also appealed to the Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to direct concerned officers to stop action against the businessmen as it has caused much resentment among them because a haphazard action had already sent a wrong signal to the pharma industry.
Khawaja Shahzeb Akram said that Reko Pharmacal has been manufacturing the said cough syrup since 1978 and not a single such complaint of this nature came to the limelight previously as in this case the individuals who consumed Tyno did so with the purpose of intoxication.
The misuse of any drug can cause serious consequences, which a company cannot be held liable for.
