LAHORE, Feb 3: Three more local and foreign laboratories have declared the Isotab-20 drug substandard with adulteration of pyrimethamine.

The reports were issued by the Drug Testing Laboratory, the government of Punjab; the Federal Drug Testing Laboratory and the Interek Expert Services, Switzerland.

Earlier, the Isotab drug was declared spurious in a report issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), London.

According to a source, the DTL, Punjab, and the Federal Drug Testing Laboratory have traced 53mg and 56mg pyrimethamine, respectively, while Intertek Expert Services, Switzerland, declared it hazardous for human life.

Quoting the Switzerland report, a spokesman for the Health Department said a large quantity of anti-malarial drug pyrimethamine was found in Isotab.—Staff Reporter

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