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Last Updated: July 7, 2026 TL;DR: Pakistan — the world's fifth-most-populous country, with more than 240 million people served through public health departments, the Sehat Sahulat programme and a large private sector — needs a dependable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, tender programmes and immunisation and disease-control drives. A significant share of finished injectables and most active ingredients are imported, and every imported product must b

Last Updated: July 7, 2026 TL;DR: Indonesia — the world's fourth-most-populous nation, an archipelago of more than 270 million people served by the JKN universal health-coverage scheme through BPJS Kesehatan — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, clinics and government tenders, and it imports a large share of its finished injectables and most of its active ingredients. Every imported sterile injectable must be registered with BPOM

Last Updated: July 6, 2026 TL;DR: Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen Injection - a sterile, ready-to-use aqueous solution that combines two well-established analgesics in one container: acetaminophen (paracetamol), a centrally acting analgesic and antipyretic, and ibuprofen, a propionic-acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that blocks cyclo-oxygenase, supplied commonly as 1000 mg of acetaminophen with 300 mg of ibuprofen in a 100 mL intravenous infusion for the short-te

Last Updated: July 6, 2026 TL;DR: Gadoterate Meglumine Injection - a sterile aqueous solution of gadoteric acid formulated as its meglumine (N-methylglucamine) salt, a macrocyclic and ionic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) in which the paramagnetic gadolinium(III) ion is locked inside the cage-like DOTA macrocyclic ligand, supplied at 0.5 mmol/mL (about 279.3 mg/mL) in glass vials and pre-filled syringes for intravenous injection - is the MRI contrast medium radiologist

Last Updated: July 5, 2026 TL;DR: Meropenem for Injection - a sterile powder for reconstitution containing meropenem (as meropenem trihydrate, buffered with sodium carbonate), the broad-spectrum carbapenem beta-lactam antibiotic that binds the penicillin-binding proteins of the bacterial cell wall and inhibits peptidoglycan synthesis, highly stable to most beta-lactamases including extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and AmpC and active against Gram-positive and Gram-ne

Last Updated: July 5, 2026 TL;DR: Colistimethate Sodium for Injection - a sterile powder for reconstitution containing colistimethate sodium (colistin methanesulfonate, CMS), the inactive prodrug of colistin (polymyxin E) that hydrolyses in the body to active colistin, a polymyxin antibiotic that binds the lipid A of the lipopolysaccharide in the Gram-negative outer membrane and disrupts membrane permeability, supplied commonly as a 1 million IU (about 80 mg) vial reconstitut