Fake medicine alerts in Pakistan 2026: every DRAP alert so far
DRAP has published 60 alerts in 2026 so far: 23 about spurious or falsified medicines, 25 about substandard products, 9 recalls and 2 about unregistered products. This page lists every one by month, with what to do if your medicine is affected. Only the batch numbers named in an alert are affected.
2026 at a glance
| Alert type | Alerts in 2026 | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Spurious / falsified | 23 | Fakes with the named batch numbers are in circulation. Check your batch. |
| Substandard | 25 | Named batches of genuine products failed testing. Stop using those batches. |
| Recall | 9 | Named batches are being withdrawn. Return them. |
| Unregistered | 2 | Products sold without DRAP approval. Avoid them. |
Data from DRAP's published alerts, as indexed on 11 November 2026. Newer alerts appear on our recall page, which also reads DRAP's latest alerts live.
The biggest themes of 2026
- Falsified injectables and vaccines: influenza vaccines, an anti-D injection used in pregnancy, and cancer medicines. See fake injections and vaccines.
- Empty tablets: antibiotic and painkiller tablets that contained none of the stated ingredient, and hormone tablets in which no active ingredient was detected.
- Medical devices: auto-disable syringes that failed the test that stops them being reused.
- Provincial laboratory findings: many alerts follow tests by provincial drug testing laboratories in Punjab, Sindh and elsewhere.
- Track and trace: from 9 October 2026, new packs carry a serial number, which makes copies easier to catch. See how the rule works.
Every 2026 alert, month by month
November 2026
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Adulterated/Substandard/Spurious/Unregistered Drug Products · 9 products listed
- Unregistered Rapid Alert: Drug Products Declared as “Unregistered” by Central Drugs Laboratory, Karachi · 3 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: SPURIOUS/FALSIFIED RHOPHYLAC 300 INJECITION (BATCH NUMBER P100830101) · 1 product listed
October 2026
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Spurious/Falsified INFLUVAC TETRA VACCINE (BATCH # P13) · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Falsified INFLUENZA VACCINE VAXIGRIP TETRA (BATCH # Y4B34) · 1 product listed
- Substandard Recall Alert: Substandard Cikina Umblical Cord Clamp · 1 product listed
- Recall Recall Alert (Carapamin Injection & Librax Tablet/Dragees) · 2 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Spurious/Falsified BREXIN TABLET · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Spurious/Falsified (Velosef 500mg tablet, Augmentin 625mg tablet, No-Spa Forte 80mg tablet, Mucaine Suspension) · 4 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert: SUBSTANDARD & MISBRANDED CLINIC DISPOSABLE SYRINGES 20ML BY M/S SURGI PLAST, GADOON AMAZAI, KPK · 1 product listed
- Recall Recall Alert: WFI (Batch # W-174), M/s City Pharmaceutical Laboratories (DML#00723) · 5 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert: Spurious/Falsified Nasomet Aqueous Nasal Spray, Batch No. FW-099 · 1 product listed
July 2026
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert . SPURIOUS AND UNREGISTERED ONCOLOGY PRODUCTS · 9 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Falsified JAKAVI® (Ruxolitinib) Tablets · 3 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Falsified DARZALEX (Daratumumab) Injection · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert – Medical Devices Declared Substandard by CDL Karachi · 2 products listed
June 2026
- Substandard Recall Alert – DTL Punjab Declared Substandard Drug Products. · 11 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert- DTL Sindh declared Substandard Auto Disable Syringes · 3 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS DRUG PRODUCTS (NOVIDAT 500MG Tablets and TONOFLEX-P Tablets) · 2 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS / FALSIFIED DANZEN DS TABLETS · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS / FALSIFIED BREXIN TABLETS 20 mg · 1 product listed
- Recall Recall Alert – CDL Declared Sub-standard Medical Devices · 7 products listed
May 2026
- Substandard Recall Alert – DTL Sindh declared Substandard Auto Disable Syringes · 6 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert – CDL Karachi declared substandard Auto Disable Syringes. · 11 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Falsified IMFINZI Injection & ENHERTU 100mg · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Human) – DTLs Punjab declared Substandard products · 9 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Human) – CDL Declared Substandard products. · 2 products listed
April 2026
- Substandard Recall Alert – Veterinary Drug Products declared Substandard by DTL Punjab · 1 product listed
- Recall Recall Alert – Class II – Drug Products – Provincial reports · 5 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert – Drug Products declared substandard by Provincial laboratories. · 9 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS Nandrolone Injection 100mg/ml · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS DYDROGESTERONE TABLETS · 3 products listed
- Recall Recall Alert – WHO Recall Class-II · 2 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Spurious TERBIDERM FORTE TABLET (TERBINAFINE 250 mg) & GLANTRIM OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION · 2 products listed
March 2026
- Recall Volunatry Recall. Osilex-D (Glitz Pharma) · 1 product listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Human) – CDL Karachi declared substandard products. · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Veterinary) – DTLs Punjab declared substandard products. · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Human) – DTLs Punjab Declared substandard drug products. · 3 products listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS TABLET D-GEST DYDROGESTERONE 10 mg) (BATCH NO. DGH007) · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS CAPSULE GABICA 300 mg (BATCH NO. 518C27) · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS & SUBSTANDARD INJECTION VENOFER 5 mL (Batch No. 4721026AA) · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Spurious Injection RHOPHYLAC 300 µg (Batch # P100707423) · 1 product listed
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – SPURIOUS CEFIXIME 400mg CAPSULE (Batch # LLM034) · 1 product listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Class-II) – DTLs punjab declared substandard drug products. · 1 product listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Human) – DTLs Punjab declared substandard drug products. · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Veterinary) – DTLs punjab declared substandard products. · 7 products listed
February 2026
- Substandard Recall Alert (Class-I) – CDL declared substandard – Teczone Forte Injection · 1 product listed
- Unregistered Rapid Alert – “Zetol” Unregistered Antiseptic product · 1 product listed
- Recall Recall Alert (Class-I) – Veterinary Drug Products reports from DTLs Punjab. · 4 products listed
- Recall Recall Alert (Class-II) – Drug Products tested by DTL Punjab · 5 products listed
- Recall Recall Alert (Class-I) – Drug Products tested by DTL Punjab. · 5 products listed
January 2026
- Spurious / falsified Rapid Alert – Spurious Tablet EFASTON – Batch # 51062
- Substandard Recall Alert (Class-II) – CDL declared substandard – Henafim Paediatric Suspension · 1 product listed
- Substandard Rapid Alert – Unregistered OMNIVISC 2% (Substandard & Misbranded) · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Class-I) – Tablet BP-NORM (Substandard & Adulterated) · 1 product listed
- Substandard Recall Alert – Veterinary Products – Substandard by DTLs Punjab. · 2 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert (Class-II) – DTLs Punjab Declared Substandard products. · 4 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert – Drug Testing Laboratories, Punjab – Substandard products. · 6 products listed
- Substandard Recall Alert(Class-I) – DIFAM Injection 3ml (Bosch Pharma) – Substandard · 1 product listed
- Other Rapid Alert – Eventone-C Creams & LUFA Advanced Pain Relief Gel Containing Unauthorized Pharmaceutical Ingredient(s) · 2 products listed
How to use this list
- Find your medicine's batch numberPrinted as B. No., BN or Lot on the carton and strip.
- Search itUse the recall search with the name and batch. It covers every alert since 2021, not just 2026.
- Read the alert typeSpurious means fakes with that batch; substandard or recall means a genuine batch failed.
- ActIf your batch is listed, stop using it, keep the pack, return it, and speak to your doctor about a replacement. See what to do with a recalled medicine.
Reading the news carefully
News reports about fake medicine busts are useful, but headlines often name a famous brand without the batch numbers, which can cause unnecessary panic or people stopping genuine treatment. Always check the DRAP notice itself, which every item above links to. If you cannot find your batch in any alert, your pack is not one of the products named.
Social media posts listing "banned" or "fake" medicines are frequently out of date, foreign or wrong. Our guide to banned medicines explains what the different terms mean.
Mukhtasar
2026 mein DRAP ab tak 60 alerts jaari kar chuka hai. Sirf woh batch number mutasir hain jo alert mein likhe hain. Apni dawa ka batch number recall search mein dekhein; mil jaye to dawa band karein, pack sambhal kar pharmacy wapas karein aur doctor se mashwara karein.
Questions people ask
Where can I see the latest fake medicine news in Pakistan?
The most reliable source is DRAP's own recall and rapid alerts, which name the product, batch and testing laboratory. This page lists every 2026 alert in our index by month, and our recall search lets you search all alerts since 2021.
How many fake medicine alerts has DRAP issued in 2026?
Our index holds 60 DRAP alerts dated 2026 up to 11 November 2026: 23 about spurious or falsified products, 25 about substandard products, 9 recalls and 2 about unregistered products.
Does a brand in a fake medicine alert mean all of it is fake?
No. Alerts about spurious products describe copies carrying specific batch numbers. Genuine packs of the brand with other batches are not affected. Search your batch number to be sure.
Nakli dawa ki taaza khabar kahan milegi?
DRAP ke recall aur rapid alerts sab se bharosemand zariya hain. Is page par 2026 ke tamam alerts maheene ke hisaab se diye gaye hain, aur recall search mein apna batch number dhoond sakte hain.
