MedInfoBase is an independent reference website for medicines, medicine prices and medical procurement in Pakistan. We collect official records, link every figure to its source, and present the information in a way that patients, pharmacists, doctors and hospital buyers can use.
What you can find on MedInfoBase
- Medicines and brands. More than 20,000 registered medicine packs from over 300 companies, grouped under more than 1,000 generic medicines, with registration details taken from official records of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP).
- Official prices. Current and past maximum retail prices, recent price changes, and other brands of the same medicine and strength, so you can compare them.
- Medicine guides. Plain-English guides to 169 medicines: what they are used for, common and serious side effects, and who should take care. Each guide is written from official sources such as the NHS, the World Health Organization and medicine regulators, and lists those sources.
- Health conditions. 80 condition guides covering symptoms, when to see a doctor and how each condition is usually treated, with notes for Pakistan.
- Procurement tools. Brand-neutral technical specifications for 157 types of hospital and laboratory equipment, and tools that help hospitals and laboratories check tenders.
Why we built it
Medicine information in Pakistan is spread across regulatory notices, price lists and company websites. It is hard for a patient to compare brands of the same medicine, and hard for a hospital to write a fair tender that does not favour one supplier. MedInfoBase brings this information together in one place and keeps the link to the original source, so anyone can check what we show.
Who runs MedInfoBase
MedInfoBase was founded and is led by Dr. Aqeel Nasim, a pharmacist with a PhD in Clinical Pharmacy and many years of experience in public-sector medicine procurement and medicine pricing research in Pakistan. Our medicine and health guides are reviewed by a review panel of health professionals.
We are not part of DRAP, any government department, any pharmaceutical company, pharmacy or distributor. No company owns or controls MedInfoBase.
How we work
- Official sources first. Registration and price records come from DRAP. Medicine and health guides are written only from sources we have opened and read, such as national health services, the WHO, medicine regulators and clinical guidelines.
- Sources on every page. Pages show where their information comes from, so you can check it yourself.
- Automatic checks. Every record and page passes quality checks before it is published. Records we cannot confirm are held back rather than shown.
- Open corrections. If something is wrong, we fix it and keep a record of the change.
Read more in our Data Sources and Methodology, Editorial Policy and Corrections Policy.
How MedInfoBase is funded
MedInfoBase is free to use. It is paid for by clearly labelled advertising, paid data and procurement services for organisations, and optional featured listings for companies and doctors. Advertisers and customers cannot change medicine information, prices, search results or rankings. See our Advertising Policy.
What MedInfoBase is not
We do not sell medicines, give personal medical advice or replace your doctor or pharmacist. Always speak to a qualified health professional before you start, stop or change any medicine. In an emergency, go to the nearest hospital emergency department or call 1122.
Contact us
Email info@medinfobase.com or use our contact form. We read every message.