Research and data services
MedInfoBase is run by clinical pharmacists and academics in Pakistan. We collect, clean and analyse medicine and health data on the ground, and we work with public-health agencies, universities, NGOs and industry that need reliable data from Pakistan.
Contact the research team: research@medinfobase.com
What we can do
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance
Collection and analysis of culture-and-sensitivity data from hospital and private laboratories, with a focus on Balochistan and under-reported regions; antibiotic consumption and prescribing surveys (WHO AWaRe classification); support for GLASS-style reporting.
Medicine prices, availability and affordability
Facility surveys using the WHO/HAI methodology (public, private and NGO sectors), linked to the official DRAP price data we maintain daily; price-change monitoring and affordability analysis against daily wages.
Pharmacovigilance and medicine use
Adverse drug reaction reporting support, medicine-use evaluations in hospitals, prescribing-pattern studies and rational-use training for pharmacists and prescribers.
Health data and field work
Questionnaire design and validation (including Urdu adaptation), trained field pharmacists, data cleaning and statistical analysis, and ethics-committee submissions through partner universities.
Data we already hold
- Official DRAP prices and pack sizes for 20,000+ medicine presentations, refreshed daily, with price history from 2026
- 12,000+ DRAP medical device registrations with importers and manufacturers
- Company portfolios for 300+ pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan
- Monthly medicine price-change monitor and market reports
Who we work with
Provincial health departments and drug testing laboratories, universities and their research students, NGOs, and pharmaceutical and device companies. We are open to collaboration with national and international public-health bodies, including WHO country and regional offices, CDC programmes, HAI and academic partners, on studies in Pakistan.
Our team
The MedInfoBase team includes PhD and PharmD clinical pharmacists, physicians and academics with published work on medicine availability, prices and affordability (WHO/HAI methodology), antimicrobial resistance in Balochistan, and health-related quality of life. About MedInfoBase.