Oxaliplatin brands and prices in Pakistan
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Oxaliplatin brands in Pakistan
19 brands of Oxaliplatin are registered in Pakistan, from 16 companies, in 36 presentations (strength, form and pack size). The most common are 50 mg injection (6 brands), 100 mg injection (5 brands) and 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion (3 brands). For Oxaliplatin 50 mg injection, the lowest official price is PKR 16,057 per vial (Oxaltie 50 by BF Biosciences Limited), the middle (median) price is PKR 19,415 per vial and the highest is PKR 20,216 per vial (XALIPLATIN). Prices are the official maximum retail prices in DRAP records. Brands with the same strength and form contain the same medicine; ask your doctor or pharmacist before you switch brands.
Oxaliplatin price in Pakistan by strength and form
| Strength and form | Brands | Lowest price | Median price | Highest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 mg injection | 6 | PKR 16,057 / vialOxaltie 50 | PKR 19,415 / vial | PKR 20,216 / vialXALIPLATIN |
| 100 mg injection | 5 | PKR 32,115 / vialOxaltie 100 | PKR 38,688 / vial | PKR 40,432 / vialXALIPLATIN |
| 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion | 3 | PKR 28,253 / unitOxitan | PKR 32,121 / unit | PKR 38,455 / unitOxaliplatin Ebewe |
| 50 mg/10 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion | 3 | PKR 14,127 / unitOxitan | PKR 16,060 / unit | PKR 19,228 / unitOxaliplatin Ebewe |
| 50 mg/10 mL injection | 3 | PKR 18,466 / vialOxaliplatin | — | PKR 18,466 / vialOxaliplatin |
| 100 mg/20 mL infusion | 2 | PKR 38,830 / unitOxaliplatin | — | PKR 47,566 / unitEloxatin Concentrate |
| 100 mg/20 mL injection | 2 | PKR 36,932 / vialOxaliplatin | — | — |
| 50 mg/10 mL infusion | 2 | PKR 19,415 / unitOxaliplatin | — | PKR 23,783 / unitEloxatin Concentrate |
| 50 mg/25 mL injection | 2 | PKR 18,466 / vialOxol | — | PKR 19,228 / vialZolon 50 |
| 100 mg infusion | 1 | PKR 38,830 / unitOxabel | — | — |
7 less common strengths and forms are in the brand list below.
About Oxaliplatin
Oxaliplatin is a chemotherapy (anticancer) medicine that contains platinum. It works by killing cancer cells. It is a hospital medicine: a cancer specialist prescribes it, and a doctor or nurse gives it as a drip into a vein. It is not a medicine you take or buy for yourself at home.
What it is used for
- Bowel (colon and rectal) cancer, including after surgery to remove a colon tumour to lower the chance of the cancer coming back
- Always together with other anticancer medicines (in the UK leaflets, with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid)
- Macmillan Cancer Support says it can also be used for some stomach, pancreatic and oesophageal (food pipe) cancers
What it is not for
- It is only given by cancer specialists in a hospital or treatment unit. Your team decides the plan and how long treatment lasts.
- The UK leaflets say it should not be given to people who are allergic to it, who are breastfeeding, who already have low blood cell counts, who already have tingling or numbness in the fingers or toes that makes fine tasks hard, or who have severe kidney problems.
Common side effects
- Tingling, numbness or pain in the fingers, toes, mouth or throat, often brought on by cold. It can sometimes last after treatment ends.
- Feeling more sensitive to cold
- A strange feeling in the throat that can make swallowing feel odd or feel like being short of breath, usually during or soon after the drip
- Feeling or being sick, and diarrhoea (you are usually given medicine to prevent this)
- Low blood cell counts, which can cause infections, bruising or bleeding, and tiredness
- Sore mouth or mouth ulcers
- Tiredness, loss of appetite, taste changes and mild hair thinning
- Aching or soreness in the arm where the drip goes in
Get medical help straight away if
- Call 999 (or your local emergency number) for sudden swelling of the face, lips or throat, trouble breathing, chest pain, or fainting. Severe allergic reactions can happen within minutes of a drip.
- Contact your hospital team straight away (use the 24-hour number they gave you) for a fever or chills, or any sign of infection.
- Contact your team straight away for unusual bruising or bleeding, or blood or coffee-ground-looking material in vomit.
- Contact your team for severe or lasting diarrhoea or vomiting, or a mouth so sore that you cannot eat or drink.
- Contact your team for a new cough, wheezing or breathlessness.
- Contact your team for a bad headache that will not go, confusion, fits (seizures) or changes in vision.
- Contact your team for trouble with balance, walking, writing or doing up buttons.
- Contact your team for passing very little or no urine, or for muscle pain and weakness with dark urine.
- Contact your team for a fast, uneven or fainting-type heartbeat.
- Contact your team for black, tarry stools, or tummy pain with bloody diarrhoea.
- Contact your team for pain, redness or swelling in the arm where the drip goes in.
Who should not take it, or should take care
- Tell your team if you have ever had an allergic reaction to platinum medicines such as carboplatin or cisplatin.
- Tell your team about kidney, liver or heart problems, including a heart rhythm problem or a family history of heart problems.
- Pregnancy: pregnancy is not recommended during treatment because it can harm an unborn baby. Effective contraception is needed during treatment and for a period afterwards, as your team advises. Tell your doctor at once if you become pregnant.
- Breastfeeding is not allowed during treatment.
- Fertility: oxaliplatin may affect fertility, possibly for good. Men are advised to ask about storing sperm before treatment.
- Avoid people who are sick, as treatment lowers your ability to fight infection.
- Ask your team before having any vaccine. The UK leaflet says live or weakened vaccines (for example yellow fever) should be avoided during treatment.
- Tell any surgeon or dentist that you are having oxaliplatin.
Medicines and drinks that can interact
- Tell your doctor or pharmacist about all medicines, vitamins, supplements and herbal products you take, have recently taken or might take.
- Live or weakened vaccines (for example yellow fever) should be avoided during treatment.
- Oxaliplatin is given together with other anticancer medicines; your cancer team plans this.
Always tell your doctor and pharmacist about every medicine, supplement and herbal product you take.
Using it safely
- Oxaliplatin is given and managed by your cancer team. Do not change or skip any treatment without speaking to them.
- Cold can make some side effects worse. Your team may suggest avoiding cold drinks and food and cold objects, and wrapping up warm, covering your nose and mouth and wearing gloves in cold weather. Ask them for exact advice.
- Warm drinks and a warm place may help if your throat feels odd. Tell your team if it happens, as they may slow the drip.
- If treatment makes you dizzy, sick or unsteady, or affects your sight, do not drive or use machines.
- Keep your hospital's 24-hour helpline number with you and use it for fever, bleeding or any worry.
Common questions
Can I take oxaliplatin at home?
No. It is given as a drip into a vein by a doctor or nurse, in hospital or a treatment unit, and prescribed by a cancer specialist.
Why does cold bother me during treatment?
Oxaliplatin can affect the nerves, so tingling, numbness and a tight or odd throat feeling are often set off by cold. Your team can tell you how to keep warm and what to avoid.
Will my hair fall out?
The UK leaflet lists only mild hair loss, and MedlinePlus lists hair loss as common. It varies from person to person, so ask your team.
Can I get pregnant or father a child during treatment?
This is not recommended. Use effective contraception as your team advises and talk to them before treatment about fertility.
Sources (5)
- emc (electronic medicines compendium, UK). Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml Concentrate for Solution for Infusion - Patient Information Leaflet (emc) (2024).
- HPRA (Ireland). Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml, concentrate for solution for infusion - package leaflet (PIL, revised Dec 2017) (2017).
- NHS (Dorset County Hospital). Oxaliplatin: Patient Advice Leaflet (2026).
- MedlinePlus (US National Library of Medicine). Oxaliplatin Injection: MedlinePlus Drug Information (2010).
- Macmillan Cancer Support. Oxaliplatin | Macmillan Cancer Support (2025).
Prepared from the sources listed by the MedInfoBase team. General information, not medical advice: it gives no doses. Your doctor or pharmacist decides the medicine and dose for you.
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Available brands
One brand is shown once per manufacturer; strengths, forms, packs and DRAP registrations remain visible as separate presentations.Official price changes for Oxaliplatin
6 official price changes across 35 tracked presentations (records from 1 Jul 2024); median change +4.9%; largest +4.9% (PLAXINOL 50 mg/vial)
Each bar shows how many packs had an official DRAP price change in that month (amber: increase, teal: decrease). The figure above a bar is the median change. Hover or tap a bar for detail; the table below lists the largest changes.
| Brand | Pack | Effective | Old to new | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAXINOL 50 mg/vial | 1’s | 19 Aug 2026 | PKR 17,575.99 to 18,444.25 | +4.9% |
| Oxabel 100 mg | 1's | 20 Aug 2026 | PKR 37,002.09 to 38,830.00 | +4.9% |
| Zolon 100 100 mg/50 mL | 1's Vial | 20 Aug 2026 | PKR 36,644.88 to 38,455.14 | +4.9% |
| Zolon 50 50 mg/25 mL | 1's Vial | 20 Aug 2026 | PKR 18,322.45 to 19,227.58 | +4.9% |
| Oxaliplatin 50 mg/10 mL | 1's | 20 Aug 2026 | PKR 17,596.58 to 18,465.85 | +4.9% |
| Oxabel 50 mg | 1's | 20 Aug 2026 | PKR 18,501.05 to 19,415.00 | +4.9% |
All 19 Oxaliplatin brands in Pakistan
- Celdach 100 Hakimsons (Impex) (Pvt.) Ltd · 100 mg injection
- Celdach 50 Hakimsons (Impex) (Pvt.) Ltd · 50 mg injection
- Eloxatin Concentrate Hoechst Pakistan Limited · 100 mg/20 mL infusion, 50 mg/10 mL infusion
- Oxabel Genome Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Ltd · 100 mg infusion, 50 mg infusion
- Oxaliplatin AJM Pharma (Pvt.) Limited · 100 mg injection, 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) injection, 50 mg injection, 50 mg/10 mL injection
- Oxaliplatin AJM Pharma (Pvt.) Limited · 100 mg/20 mL injection, 50 mg injection, 50 mg/10 mL injection
- Oxaliplatin Himmel Pharmaceuticals Private Limited · 100 mg/20 mL infusion, 50 mg/10 mL infusion
- Oxaliplatin Ebewe AGP Limited · 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion, 150 mg/30 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion, 50 mg/10 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion
- Oxaliplatin medac Amgomed · 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion, 150 mg injection, 50 mg/10 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion
- Oxalisol Pharmasol (Pvt) Ltd · 100 mg/20 mL injection, 50 mg/10 mL injection
- Oxalitin PHARMEVO (PVT) LTD · 100 mg injection, 50 mg injection
- Oxaltie 100 BF Biosciences Limited · 100 mg injection
- Oxaltie 50 BF Biosciences Limited · 50 mg injection
- Oxitan Atco Pharma International (Pvt) Ltd · 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion, 50 mg/10 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion
- Oxol Helix Pharma (Pvt)., Ltd · 100 mg/50 mL (2 mg/mL) injection, 50 mg/25 mL injection
- PLAXINOL Pharmedic Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd Lahore · 50 mg/vial injection
- XALIPLATIN CCL Pharmaceuticals (Pvt.) Limited · 100 mg injection, 50 mg injection
- Zolon 100 Lab Diagnostic Systems (SMC) Pvt. Ltd · 100 mg/50 mL injection
- Zolon 50 Lab Diagnostic Systems (SMC) Pvt. Ltd · 50 mg/25 mL injection
Oxaliplatin in Pakistan: common questions
How many Oxaliplatin brands are available in Pakistan?
19 brands of Oxaliplatin are registered in Pakistan, made or imported by 16 companies.
What is the price of Oxaliplatin 50 mg injection in Pakistan?
The lowest official price is PKR 16,057 per vial (Oxaltie 50 by BF Biosciences Limited), the middle (median) price is PKR 19,415 per vial and the highest is PKR 20,216 per vial (XALIPLATIN). These prices are for 5 brands with an official price. The cheapest pack is Oxaltie 50 1's at PKR 16,057.
What is the price of Oxaliplatin 100 mg injection in Pakistan?
The lowest official price is PKR 32,115 per vial (Oxaltie 100 by BF Biosciences Limited), the middle (median) price is PKR 38,688 per vial and the highest is PKR 40,432 per vial (XALIPLATIN). These prices are for 5 brands with an official price. The cheapest pack is Oxaltie 100 1's at PKR 32,115.
What is the price of Oxaliplatin 100 mg/20 mL (5 mg/mL) infusion in Pakistan?
The lowest official price is PKR 28,253 per unit (Oxitan by Atco Pharma International (Pvt) Ltd), the middle (median) price is PKR 32,121 per unit and the highest is PKR 38,455 per unit (Oxaliplatin Ebewe). These prices are for 3 brands with an official price. The cheapest pack is Oxitan 1 Vial at PKR 28,253.
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