Pharma

The government has disbursed Tk 280.50 crore to purchase the first consignment of Chinese Covid-19 vaccines, an official at the Health Services Division has said. The consignment of around 33 lakh doses of vaccines is expected to arrive next month to support the government’s...

“There’s no point in giving somebody a recipe if they don’t have the kitchen or the cooking skills or the ingredients.” These were the words of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar last month as he claimed that very few countries in the global south had the...

Bangladesh Ambassador M Shahidul Islam has called upon the US vaccine producing companies to exercise more openness and transparency in the commercial export of vaccines to developing countries.    The Ambassador expressed hope to remain engaged with the US government and the private sector...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has said that an oral drug for treating coronavirus could be ready next year adding the company is working on two antivirals, an oral and an injectable. "We are actually on two, one is injectable and the other one an...

Due to a decrease in Covid-19 infections in the country, oxygen demand has been relatively low in recent days. Oxygen cylinders and concentrators, on the other hand, are about the same price as before. According to hospital officials, both novel coronavirus infections and admissions...

With the growth of the country's pharmaceutical industry, it comes as no surprise that infusion saline is now manufactured locally as well. Since the inception of the industry, there has always been a scarcity of intravenous fluid in the market due to high demand but scarce supply...

To develop more effective export strategies that yield better and sustainable results, the Bangladesh pharmaceutical manufacturers need to continually monitor and assess their performance in terms of sales volume, changes in product demand and sales trends for  each major destination country where they have been able to...

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has entered into a binding commitment with Sanofi group (SNYNF, SNY) regarding the acquisition of a majority stake in Sanofi Bangladesh.  Beximco Director (marketing) Rizvi Ul Kabir confirmed the matter to The Business Standard today. The proposed deal...

Radiant Pharmaceuticals has acquired Julphar Bangladesh, a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates-based multinational Julphar Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries, for around Tk 140 crore. It is the latest development in a series of what seems to be an exodus of multinationals selling off their local ventures...

The first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is likely to reach Bangladesh between January 21 and 25. Officials of the Directorate General of Health Services said this at a press briefing this afternoon. DGHS will get the vaccines from Beximco Pharmaceuticals...