Pakistan and China Sign $850 Million Deals to Boost Pharmaceutical Cooperation
Pakistan and Chinese companies signed agreements worth $850 million at the Pakistan-China Pharmaceutical and Healthcare B2B Investment Conference in Islamabad on July 17-18. The deals include 16 contracts and 80 memoranda of understanding covering vaccine production, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), medical devices, and clinical trials. Pakistan currently imports all 13 vaccines under its national immunization program and 95% of the API needed for domestic medicine production, making its healthcare system vulnerable to global disruptions. The agreements aim to establish local manufacturing through joint ventures, technology transfer, and plants in CPEC special economic zones. Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal called the development a key economic milestone. The initiative aligns with Pakistan's newly approved National Local Vaccine Production Policy, which seeks to reduce import dependency and save foreign exchange, as the annual vaccine import bill could reach $1.2 billion by 2030.
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