Pharma

Globe Biotech have received permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration for manufacturing its vaccine for clinical trial dose. Asif Mahmud, in-charge of research and development of Globe Biotech, told The Daily Star that they got the permission from DGDA on December 28.

The world is preparing to move past the global COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people as vaccines begin to roll out to the public.The UK is expected to distribute Pfizer's vaccine for the novel coronavirus this week after British authorities approved it for emergency use...

American business magazine Forbes has added three Bangladeshi companies to its "Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion list". The list highlights 200 Asia-Pacific public companies with sales under $1 billion US Dollars (USD). Forbes claims the companies added to the list have" track records...

Bangladesh has urged US investors to set up Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plants in Bangladesh to ensure its availability at lower cost for people of the country. An inter-session meeting of Bangladesh and USA in the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) was held...

Oryx Bio-Tech Ltd is set to establish the country’s first bio-tech industry at Bangabandhu High-Tech City at Kaliakoir in Gazipur at the cost of around US$300 million, said sources. The company will develop the plant with the handling capacity of around 1,200 tonnes of plasma for manufacturing...

The Sinovac Biotech company of China has applied for the Phase 3 trial of their Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh. Md Abdul Mannan, the secretary of the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health made this comment at a meeting on the coronavirus vaccine at the ministry...

Bangladesh's medicine exports recorded 4.49 percent growth in the 2019-20 fiscal year amid coronavirus while export of other products witnessed downturns. Industry people said Bangladeshi drugs for Covid-19 treatment have created a substantial demand in the international market, and the pharma sector will see a handsome growth...

Claiming success in preliminary animal modelling trial for Covid-19 vaccine, Globe Biotech Limited has claimed to be the first company from Bangladesh to have a Covid-19 vaccine under development. They received the result after conducting the preliminary trial on five rabbits from June 10 to June 28,...

Icddr,b has started a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of anti-parasitic medicine ivermectin in combination with antibiotic doxycycline or ivermectin alone, according to a media release issued on Tuesday.  The study, which is funded by Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd...

The government has so far announced a set of stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion (Taka 1.011 trillion to offset the COVID-19 shock on various sectors of the country and minimise the sufferings of the people hit hard by the nationwide shutdown enforced to fend off the...