Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, Dr Faisal Sultan on Tuesday inaugurated the Central drug testing laboratory of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) in Karachi.

The pre-existing facility has been upgraded to meet the world testing standards.

Dr Sultan said the lab is a major step towards regulating the standards of medicines produced in the country.

He said the DRAP would now be in a better position to discharge its obligations to regulate and promote the pharmaceutical sector of Pakistan.