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(ii)
(xxi) DRAP Act means the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2012
(XXI of 2012).
(xxii) Drug extract ratio (DER) means the ratio between the quantity of
herbal substance used in the manufacture of a herbal preparation and
the quantity of the herbal preparation obtained. The number (given as
the actual range) written before the colon is the relative quantity of the
herbal substance; the number written after the colon is the relative
quantity of the herbal preparation obtained;
(xxiii) Enlistment means provisional allocation or entry of proper number to
the firm or the product in the enlistment register for the purpose of
temporary manufacturing and
marketing authorization
till the
procedure for manufacturing (authorization) license and product
registration ( marketing authorization ) is finalized and enacted ;
(xxiv) Enlistment Application means an application in the prescribed form as
specified in the Schedule A, accompanied with required information,
attachments, data ,evidence to support the claims made in the
application and proper fee submitted under the rules to the Division of
Health and OTC Products(non drugs) by the manufacturer or importer
or another eligible person;
(xxv) Enlistment Certificate means a certificate on the form prescribed in
Schedule A to the applicant containing an identification number
allocated to the firm or product formulation in the enlistment register
which enables its holders for temporary manufacturing and marketing
(xxx)
(xxxi)
"infant or bay formulae" means a human milk substitute for infants that
is specifically formulated to provide the sole source of nutrition during
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(xlii)
(xliii)
(xliv)
(xlv)
(xlvi)
Indigenous or Unani Medicine means;(a) any substance or mixture of substances, product, or preparations
intended for external or internal use in human beings or animals
for the treatment, mitigation, or prevention of disease, an
abnormal physical state, or the symptoms thereof, or for
restoration, correction or modification of organic functions of
human beings or animals, which contains as active substances
any combination of ingredients, or is in accordance to a formula,
prescribed in the authoritative books of Tibb-e-Unani and as
prescribed under the rules; and
(b) any substance or material or mixtures thereof as may be
prescribed by the Authority in the Official gazette;
(xlvii)
intended purpose
means use for which alternative medicine or
health product is intended according to the claim of manufacturer or
importer as per recommended conditions for use and stated on any or
all of the following, namely;(a) label of the product;
(b) instruction for use of the product; and
(c) promotional material in relation to the product;
(xlviii)
(xlix)
(l)
(li)
(lii)
(liii)
(liv)
(lv)
(lvi)
(lviii)
(lix)
(lx)
native extract ratio means the ratio of the mass of herbal material to
the mass of the resulting native herbal preparation (= native extract);
(lxi)
new formulation or new medicine means;(a) a formulation, including bulk substance, which has not been
evaluated for quality, safety and efficacy nor sufficient standards
of evidence have been defined regarding the recommended
conditions for use .
(b) a formulation of already approved product for a modified or new
claims namely, indications, dosage, dosage form (including
sustained release dosage form) and route of administration; or
(c) a formulation of a fixed dose combination of two or more herbal
substances or ingredients, individually available earlier for certain
claims, which are proposed to be combined for the first time in a
fixed ratio, or if the ratio of ingredients in a marketed combination
is proposed to be changed, with certain claims, namely,
indications, dosage, dosage form (including sustained release
dosage form) and route of administration;
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(lxii)
(lxiii)
(lxiv)
(lxv)
production
process
or
manufacturing
process
means
steps,procedures,instructions
and manufacturing
technique
to
convert starting materials into finished product which involves a series
of manufacturing operations and process control tests for batch to
batch consistency of finished products in terms of quality, efficacy and
effectiveness. Manufacturing process also includes process design,
process validation and qualification, precautions or process critical
parameters which could change the results and in-process controls;
(lxvi)
(lxx)
(lxxi)
(lxxii)
(lxxiii) quality control means that part of Good Manufacturing Practice which
is concerned with sampling, specifications and testing, and with the
organization, documentation and release procedures which ensure that
the necessary and relevant tests are actually carried out and that
materials are not released for use, nor products released for sale or
supply, until their quality has been judged to be satisfactory. The basic
requirements of quality control are that;(a) adequate facilities, trained personnel and approved procedures
are available for sampling, inspecting and testing starting
materials, packaging materials, intermediate, bulk, and finished
products, and where appropriate for monitoring environmental
conditions for GMP purposes;
(b) samples of starting materials, packaging materials, intermediate
products, bulk products and finished products are taken by
personnel and by methods approved by quality control;
(c) test methods are validated;
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(lxxxviii) traditional medicine means the sum total of the knowledge, skills and
practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to
different cultures, used in the maintenance of health, as well as in the
prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and
mental illness. Traditional medicine has a long history of usage and has
established efficacy and safety for traditional use indications;
(lxxxix) therapeutic claim means a claim which relates to the diagnosis,
treatment, mitigation or prevention of a disease, disorder, or abnormal
physical state or its symptoms in humans;
(xc)
2.
The words and expressions used but not defined herein shall have the same
meanings as are assigned to them in the Act, DRAP Act, Codex Alimentarious of
Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization or International
Conference on Harmonization guidelines for medicines and health products.
3.
Procedure for Enlistment.- (1)The Authority shall enlist alternative medicine
and health products, their manufacturers and importers subject to fulfillment of the
criteria prescribed below.
(2)
The following shall be eligible to apply for enlistment namely;-(a) manufacturers having manufacturing and quality control facilities;
(b) contract giver as prescribed in rule 6;
(c) importers authorized by the overseas principal manufacturer; and
(d) manufacturers holding manufacturing license under the Act may
also apply for approval of dedicated sections for manufacturing of
alternative medicines or health products and probiotics or food
supplements to the Authority and thereafter become eligible to
apply for enlistment.
(3) Application for enlistment shall be made to the Authority, addressed to the
Director of Division of Health and OTC Products (non-drugs) in the following
manner, namely:(a) application for the enlistment of manufacturer or any section
thereof, and manufacturing on contract basis for contract giver
shall be in Form 1 as prescribed in schedule A;
(b) application for the enlistment of importer shall be made on Form 2
as prescribed in schedule A;
(c) application for the enlistment of locally manufactured product for
general health claim, or traditional use claim, or nutritional claims,
or structure- function claims shall be made on Form 3 as
prescribed in schedule A;
(d) application for the enlistment of locally manufactured product for
disease reduction or therapeutic claims shall be made on Form 4
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as prescribed in schedule A;
(e) application for the enlistment of imported product shall be made
on Form 5 as prescribed in schedule A;
(f) application shall be accompanied with a fee of rupees ten
thousand for enlistment of manufacturer, contract giver or importer
and two hundred and fifty rupees for enlistment of each product of
alternative medicine and two thousand rupees for each product of
health products; and
(g) application for contracting manufacturing shall be accompanied
with fee as prescribed by the Authority, as well as application
documents and quality agreement between the contract giver and
contract acceptor.
(4)
Fee shall be deposited in the head of account of Authority at the
designated banks and original receipt of deposit of money shall be attached
with the application.
4.
Application evaluation. - (1) Applications shall be scrutinized by the Division
of Health and OTC Products (non-drugs) for conformance to the evaluation criteria.
(2) Applicants shall be required to submit documents with evidence and
documentary proof for quality, safety, efficacy or effectiveness and
recommended conditions for use as per standards of evidence.
(3) Authority may verify contents or information provided in the application
dossier through panel of Inspectors or any authorized Inspector of Authority or
Provincial Inspector.
(4) Applicants shall be required to submit a declaration on notarized stamp
paper that the contents of the application are correct.
5.
Evaluation criteria- (1) Applications shall meet the following criteria, namely:(a) applications shall be complete and meet all the criteria prescribed;
(b) applicants shall possess manufacturing and quality control
facilities;
(c) applicants shall submit necessary evidence to support
applications for manufacturing unit, import or products as defined
in the rules;
(d) applicants shall conform to the principles of quality assurance for
contract manufacturing or contract testing and analysis;
(e) application containing false, incorrect or misleading information
shall be liable to rejection;
(f) the formulation of the applied product shall not contain prohibited
substance or ingredient or ingredients that have been declared
dangerous or injurious to health by any international body or as
may be prescribed;
(g) the formulations as a whole or containing any of its ingredients
that have been withdrawn due to safety concerns shall be liable to
rejection;
(h) the applicants of new formulation or new ingredients shall submit
safety, efficacy and quality data as per recognized evidence and
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standards;
(i) applicant shall support applications through necessary proof or
evidence, to prove quality, safety and efficacy of the products; and
(j) import documents shall be attested by the regulatory authority of
the country of origin and verified by the embassy or consulate of
Pakistan in the said country.
6.
Contract manufacturing. - (1) The application for enlistment of product for
manufacturing on contract basis submitted to the Authority shall be reviewed and
decided in the light of fulfillment of criteria prescribed.
(2)
Contract acceptor shall have pre-determined surplus capacity in terms
of manufacturing facilities, sections, equipment, testing procedures, qualified
technical personnel and quality control operations.
(3)
Contract acceptor shall be possessing established systems of quality
assurance and validation of manufacturing process and testing methods and
no major deficiencies or non conformities has been identified during the
inspection of manufacturing unit of the contract acceptor.
(4)
Every operation of cleaning and sanitization, validation, calibration,
manufacturing, in-process controls, quality control, stability protocol,
packaging and release shall be clearly defined and documented through
standard operating procedures.
(5)
Quality control laboratory shall be equipped with Chemistry,
Pharmacognosy and Microbiology facilities and equipment, as applicable.
7.
Evaluation Committee. - (1) The Enlistment Evaluation Committee shall
comprise of the following members, namely:(a) Director Health and OTC Products ex-officio
Chairperson/member;
(b) Deputy DG Health and OTC Products
Vice Chairperson/member;
(c) Chief Drug control and Traditional Medicine Division NIH
Member;
(d) Chief Nutrition Division NIH
Member;
(e) One Expert of homeopathy to be nominated by the Authority
Member;
(f) One expert of quality control to be nominated by the Authority.
Member;
(g) One expert of unani to be nominated by the authority
Member;
(h) Deputy Drugs Controller Health and OTC Products
Member;
(2)
The Deputy Drugs Controller (Health and OTC products) shall act as
Secretary of the Committee.
(3)
The Authority may increase or decrease the member through
notification in the official Gazette;
(4)
Quorum to constitute a meeting shall be above fifty per cent of the total
membership.
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(5)
The evaluation committee shall evaluate the applications as per criteria
and may grant approval or rejection of the application recording reasons
thereof.
(6)
The secretary shall call the meeting on the direction of Chairperson or
Vice Chairperson.
(7)
The Vice Chairperson shall preside the meeting in the absence of
Chairperson.
(8)
The secretary or designated officer of the Division shall sign the
correspondence on behalf of the committee.
(9)
The committee shall examine and investigate the reports of the
inspector and fix the responsibility in case of any violation.
(10) The committee shall issue a show cause notice or a notice for personal
hearing prior to decide the cases of violation.
(11) The Committee may make procedure for the conduct of its business
subject to ratification by the Authority.
(12) The Committee may pass appropriate orders including referring the
case to Drugs Courts for violations of the Act or DRAP Act.
(13) The Committee may direct the applicants for explanation about any
matter or refer the matter to experts of relevant specialty for expert opinion.
(14) The committee may call any person for personal hearing or showing
cause of violations to the DRAP Act or rules framed there under.
(15) The aggrieved person or party may prefer appeal before the Appellate
Board against the decision of committee within a period of one month as per
prescribed procedure for appeal.
(16) Enlistment Certificate for manufacturer or importer shall be issued on
Form 6 as prescribed in schedule A.
(17) Enlistment Certificate for products shall be issued on Form 7 as
prescribed in schedule A.
(18) Enlistment Certificate for contract manufacturing shall be issued on
Form 8 as prescribed in schedule A.
8.
(8)
Manufacturing, quality control, sale and distribution records shall be
maintained and kept for one year beyond the expiry of the finished product.
(9)
Non compliance to fulfillment of responsibilities by enlistment holder
shall be liable to revocation of enlistment certificate.
9.
Certificate of free sale and Compliance to G.M.P.- (1) Application for award
of free sale and Good Manufacturing Practices compliance certificate shall be
submitted to the Division of Health and OTC Products of the Authority on
Form 9 as prescribed in Schedule A accompanied by prescribed fee for
therapeutic goods.
(2)
The certificate for compliance to Good Manufacturing Practices to the
manufacturer of alternative medicine and health products shall be issued to
enlistment holder on Form 10 as prescribed in schedule A for compliance to
the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice and conformance to
international standard for manufacturing till the time of licensing.
(3)
The Division shall issue free sale certificate to the applicant provided
the product is freely available in the local market where as the GMP certificate
shall be issued after inspection and verification by inspector notified for the
purpose.
10.
11.
Prohibitions.- (1) No person himself or any other person on his behalf shall
issue or cause to be issued any advertisement by any means what so ever,
except obtaining permission after review of contents of advertisement material
by the Authority.
(2)
No person himself or any person on his behalf shall manufacture,
import or sell any adulterated, misbranded, spurious, counterfeit or
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Form 1
[See of rule 3(3)]
APPLICATION FOR ENLISTMENT OF MANUFACTURER OR CONTRACT GIVER
(Attach readable soft copy with application)
I/WE ....
(1).. (2).(attach list of partners)
Holder
(s)
of
CNIC
No.
.
Owner
of M/Shereby
apply for enlistment of my firm/company established under company/partnership
Act................................ Having NTN . located at the premises as
under...
(A) That I am manufacturing following classes of therapeutic goods
1. Alternative Medicines. (Attach detail information as Annex-A)
a. Herbal Medicinal product or Phytopharmaceuticals(standardized
extracts) or phytomedicine
b. Indigenous or Unani Medicines or traditional Medicines.
c. Homeopathic Medicines.(mother tincture, sarcode, Nosode , Allersode,
Isode or any other homeopathic preparation or dosage form )
d. Bio-chemic Medicines.
e. Herbal oils / Balms
f. Any other alternate/ complementary medicines.
2. Health and OTC Products. (Attach the information as Annex-B)
a. Food supplements (Neutraceuticals or dietary or health supplements).
b. Nutritional supplements, pro-biotics and pre-biotics
c. Baby Milks and Foods (infant or baby formulae, follow up formulae,
formulae for special medical purposes or complementary foods
intended for infants and young children).
d. Disinfectants.
e. Medicated cosmetics, and shampoos containing natural ingredients.
f. Medicated Soaps containing natural ingredients
g. Tooth pastes/mouthwashes/throat lozenges/gargles containing natural
ingredients.
h. Medicated cosmetics/Derma-care products/Balms/ patches/ medicated
oils natural ingredients
i. Any other.
3. That my manufacturing unit has following facilities:
(Attach the site master file as Annex-C)
4. Total size of the plot/ building is ....sq/feet.
5. No. of sections are as under: - (Attach list of equipment and instruments available
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Form 2
[(See rule 3(3)]
APPLICATION FOR ENLISTMENT OF IMPORTER
(Attach readable soft copy with application)
I/WE
.....
(1).. (2).(attach list of partners)
Holder (s) of CNIC No.
Owner
of M/Shereby
apply for enlistment of my firm/company having NTN .
located
at
the
premises
as
under..
..
(A). that I am importing following classes of therapeutic goods (attach contract if
contract manufacturing).
1. Alternative Medicines. (Attach detail information as Annex-A)
a. Herbal Medicinal Product or Phyto-medicine or Phyto-pharmaceuticals
b. Imported Medicine
c. Homeopathic Medicines.
d. Bio-chemic Medicines.
e. Herbal oils / Balms.
f. Herbal preparations
g. Any other alternate/ complementary medicines.
2. Health and OTC Products. (Attach the information as Annex-B)
a. Food supplements (Neutraceuticals or dietary or health supplements).
b. Nutritional supplements, pro-biotics and pre-biotics.
c. Baby Milks and Foods (infant or baby formulae, follow up formulae,
formulae for special medical purposes or complementary foods
intended for infants).
d. Disinfectants.
e. Medicated shampoos containing natural ingredients.
f. Medicated Soaps natural ingredients
g. Tooth pastes/mouthwashes/throat lozenges/gargles natural ingredients.
h. Medicated cosmetics / Derma-care products / Balms / patches /
medicated oils natural ingredients
i. Any other.
(B). that overseas manufacturing unit has following facilities:
(Attach the site master file as Annex-C)
3.
Total
size
of
the
plot/
..sq/feet
building
covered
area
is
4. Storage facilities for storage of imported stocks:- (Attach list of equipment and
license of facility from the provincial health department if any.)
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Dated.................................
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FORM-3
[(See rule 3(3)]
APPLICATION
FOR
ENLISTMENT
OF
LOCALLY
MANUFACTURED
INDIGENOUS
UNANI
MEDICINE,
HERBAL
MEDICINAL
PRODUCTS
(PHYTOMEDICINE) HOMEOPATHIC, MEDICINE OR HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR
TRADITONAL USE NUTRITIONAL OR STRUCTURE- FUNCTION CLAIMS
(Attach readable soft copy with application)
I/We.. Owner (s) of
M/shereby
apply
for
enlistment of following products manufactured by my firm/company (has already
applied as manufacturer) located at the premises as under
1. Product Profile
S.No Brand Name of Product.
List of
Common
Recommended use
ingredients
Name of
With
ingredients
strength
Pack size
Maximum
Retail price
2. Master Formula.
3. Manufacturing process.
3. Testing specifications.
4. Shelf life and storage.
5. Recommended Conditions for use.
6. Packaging and labeling.
7. Maximum Retail price.
8. Fee deposit receipt.
9. I undertake and certify that the contents stated above are correct and true to the
best of my knowledge (please attach undertaking on the notarized stamp paper).
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FORM-4
[(See rule 3(3)]
APPLICATION
FOR
ENLISTMENT
OF
LOCALLY
MANUFACTURED
INDIGENOUS UNANI, HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS OR PHYTOMEDICINE
HOMEOPATHIC, MEDICINE OR HEALTH PRODUCTS FOR THERAPEUTIC OR
DISEASE REDUCTION CLAIMS
(Attach readable soft copy with application)
I/We. Owner (s) of
M/shereby
apply
for
enlistment of following products manufactured by my firm/company (has already
applied as manufacturer) located at the premises as under
1. Product Profile
S.No Brand Name of Product.
List of
Common
Recommended use
ingredients
Name of
with
ingredients
strength
Pack size
Maximum
Retail price
2. Master Formula.
3. Manufacturing process and in-process controls
3. Testing specifications for raw material and finished products.
4. Shelf life and storage.(shelf life shall base on stability data)In case data not
available then letter of commitment for submission of data be submitted.
5. Recommended Conditions for use (evidence for therapeutic or disease reduction
claims as per standards of evidence.
6. Packaging and labeling information.
7. Maximum Retail price.
8. Fee deposit receipt.
9. I undertake and certify that the contents stated above are correct and true to the
best of my knowledge (please attach undertaking on the notarized stamp paper).
Name of the owner
Signature
Seal of the Firm/ Company.
Dated.....................................
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FORM-5
[(See rule 3(3)]
APPLICATION FOR ENLISTMENT OF NEW MEDICINE (NEW FORMULATIONS)
OR IMPORTED PRODUCTS
(Attach readable soft copy with application)
I/We.. Owner (s) of
M/shereby
apply
for
enlistment
of
following
products
manufactured
by
M/s... situated
atcity..
.province...
.
Country of origin of principal manufacturer.
firm/company from (has already applied as importer) located at the premises as
above
1. Product Profile
S.NO Brand Name of Product.
Common
List of
Recommended
Name
ingredients conditions for use
ingredients
with
strength
Pack size
Maximum
Retail price
Dated........................................
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