Pharmaceuticals & Medicine Registration

Pharmaceuticals & Medicine Registration in Pakistan

In this modern era, the healthcare needs and requirements of people are evolving at a fast pace. Which subsidies with an increasing need for pharmaceutical companies, due to the increasing demand for medicines, biological drugs, medicated skin and haircare, and several pharmaceutical needs. But the authenticity of these products is just as important. Therefore, healthcare companies need to register their medicines or medicinal drugs in Pakistan. In this way, customers can trust that pharmaceutical company with their healthcare needs. Wish Law Services is a law firm in Pakistan that offers guidance and experienced lawyers and consultants to help you with the registration of your Herbal, Organic, Allopathic, and Pharmaceutical Medicines in Pakistan. There are two ways through which you can get your pharmaceutical company or medicine product registered in Pakistan.

The first way is to get your drug license registered from the Drug Regulatory Authority in Pakistan (DRAP) to manufacture your pharmaceutical products. A drug license from DRAP is not absolutely essential to register the name of your pharmaceutical product.

The second way (which is recommended) is to get your product registered with the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO).

How to register your pharmaceuticals products with DRAP

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) was created in 2012 in the aftermath of casualties due to sub-standard medication. Today, it is the regulator of the pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan. The tasks performed under the DRAP Act 2012 are extensive, diverse, and difficult. It starts by highlighting the need to effectively coordinate and implement the provisions of the previous Act of 1976 and adjust interprovincial import/export trade in medicinal goods. This canvass of responsibilities slowly assumes a more comprehensive role, from the import/export of drugs, storage and distribution issues, to coding and marketing methods, retaining the quality, and correct quantity of products. The procedure to get your medicines registered with the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan is.

Acquire the application for a Drug Manufacturer License, attach the required documents, fill in the required information, and submit them to DRAP. After reviewing it, DRAP returns the application to the manufacturer with observance notes. DRAP then initiates the site inspection examination for drug manufacturing and the manufacturer attaches the attested supporting documents required for site verification to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, which will then review and conclude the case for granting the manufacturing license. If your results are positive, DRAP issues a Drug Manufacturing License to the applicant, which they will collect from the DRAP office.

How to register your products with the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO)

The Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO) is an independent institution of the Government of Pakistan, involved with the registration and other procedures related to trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other general types of intellectual property regulations. So, obviously, if you’re going for a new pharmaceutical company, your first instinct should be to get your company registered with the IPO. This will help secure your company and brand name, and to keep rivals and competitors at bay. The process to get your pharmaceutical company or medicinal products registered with the IPO is:

  • The first step involves searching for trademarks and ensuring that your trademark is unique and does not match with another brand’s. Then apply for an application for the IPO, after acquiring the application, fill it with basic information and information about your product(s) and brand, giving the list of the products for which the trademark is enrolled is necessary.
  • The trademark registry will then check the information in the application to confirm if your pharmaceutical products are relevant to the document or not and analyze whether it is eligible for registration or not, ensuring that the trademark is not identical to someone else. If it isn’t, your mistake must be fixed within 30 days.  
  • After acceptance, your trademark will be published in a public trademark magazine for several people to view. Your title can be opposed during this time. After the publication in the journal, the IPO will demand a notice of fee submission which you will have to submit.
  • After the submission of the fee by the applicant, the registration certificate is issued. The trademark is now assigned with a registered symbol ® after the certificate is issued. 

The applicant may use this symbol for their pharmaceutic products and medicines. Once the trademark is registered and certified it becomes the responsibility of the owner to renew the trademark every 10 years to sustain the brand.

Benefits of registering your pharmaceuticals brand or medicinal products

Registering your pharmaceutical brand and trademarking it has several benefits, a few of them are as follows:

  • Trademarks provide a strong form of protection for pharmaceutical brands and medicinal products. This is beneficial because it prevents competitors and rivals from using your company’s brand name or logo. This prevents them from raising a similar product or copying your brand, leaving your pharma company secure from unjust competition.
  • It reduces medical mistakes because the goal of trademark selection is to ensure that the logo is distinctive and unique. Due to the similarities of several brand names for pharmaceutical drugs that belong to the same category, many nurses, patients, and doctors find it difficult to recall these typical names.
  • Customers will be more likely to choose your brand because it is registered, as per their preference.
  • Trademark protection increases the value and reliability of the products, as clients are more likely to choose brands with proper legal protection.
  • It will allow your pharmaceutical company to track the success of certain products ensuring that if product quality declines, the legal procedure for trademark violation can be used.

Call us now at +92 334 0245951 to register your pharmaceutical or any other brand. For more information, email us at info@wishlaw.com