Stopping Fake Drugs From Pakistan Is Too Late for Victims
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In Pakistan’s biggest market for wholesale medicines, it pays to be observant.
More than 2,500 stalls wedged along dirt lanes in Karachi’s busiest trading district offer everything from Pfizer Inc.’s cholesterol pill Lipitor to GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s painkiller Panadol. Closer study of the remedies lining rickety shelves reveals the source of an unfolding medical crisis: Lipitor sold in obsolete packaging, Panadol packets missing tell-tale ribbing, and allergy medicine Zyrtec mislabeled as Zytrec.