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DRAP announces 2D barcoding and serialization

Pakistan Published 13 October 2026, 05:04 · archived 13 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has announced that compliance with the 2D barcoding and serialization, or track-and-trace, system will be mandatory for all locally manufactured and imported pharmaceutical products with effect from October 9, 2026. According to an official communique, with reference to previous notifications and directives issued on the subject cited above, the DRAP is digitizing the national pharmaceutical landscape as part of its overarching regulatory reforms and as part of its strategic plan of National Regulatory System 2026-30, to modernize the...

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