Pharmaceutical Track-and-Trace Deployment: Federal Cabinet Formally Approves Mandatory Digital Monitoring for Drugs

ISLAMABAD — To aggressively counter the proliferation of counterfeit medicine and secure national health supply chains, the Federal Cabinet has officially approved the implementation of an advanced track-and-trace system for pharmaceutical products. Developed in sync with the National Information Technology Board (NITB) and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), the system mandates unique serialized barcodes on all locally manufactured and imported medicine packaging. This digital framework will give regulators real-time visibility from production floors to local pharmacy counters, streamlining tax compliance while protecting public safety.