AstraZeneca unveils China investment
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in China, despite the detention there of its former head of operations over alleged illegal activity...
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BAPI gets new committee
Abdul Mukadir, chairman and managing director of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd, has been elected as president while Dr Md Zakir Hossain, MD of the Delta Pharma Ltd, elected as secretary general of the Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries for the next two years...
Zambia invites Bangladesh for drug plant
Zambia has invited Bangladesh to explore the opportunities of establishing a pharmaceutical plant in its land while the southern African nation is keen to Bangladesh made pharmaceutical products...
Govt to sell shares of BexPharma, Shinepukur
The interim government has decided to sell the pledged shares of Beximco Pharmaceuticals and Shinepukur Ceramics connected to Salman F Rahman and his associates...
Navana Pharma to launch herbal division
Navana Pharmaceuticals has announced plans to set up an herbal division at its factory, pending regulatory approval...
Legal notice served on BB to stay Novartis share transfer
Legal notices were served on Wednesday on three officials concerned, including governor of the Bangladesh Bank, urging them to stay handing over of share of Tk 230 crore of Novartis Bangladesh to Radiant Pharmaceuticals Limited...
Beximco Pharma declares 40pc cash dividend
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited declared 40 per cent cash dividend for the year ended June 30, 2024, said a press release.
SC lifts HC receiver order for Beximco Pharmaceuticals
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday exempted Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited from appointing a receiver but upheld the High Court鈥檚 previous directive requiring the...
NSU observes World Pharmacist Day 2024
The North South University Pharmaceutical Club in association with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences observed the World Pharmacist Day 2024, holding a rally on its campus in Dhaka on Wednesday, said a press release...
New Bangladesh and our aspirations
TODAY is World Pharmacists Day. The day marks the anniversary of the inception of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, FIP, in 1912 and was adopted by the FIP Council, made up of pharmacy leaders from throughout the world, at their congress in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2009. Since then, World Pharmacists Day has been celebrated...
Big pharma push back on Medicare drug price cuts
Major pharmaceutical companies lashed out following a landmark deal unveiled Thursday to cut the costs of 10 key medicines, with some saying the price-setting process...
Medicine for all
THE pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh has undergone an impressive transformation. The journey from being led by multinational companies to now local firms meeting 98 per cent of the domestic demand is nothing short of commendable. Along with being the largest white-collar employer in the country...
Incepta Pharmaceutical, Channel i celebrate World Vitiligo Day
Incepta Pharmaceutical Ltd and Channel i jointly celebrated 鈥榃orld Vitiligo Day鈥� 2024, under the slogan 鈥楿nited by the Skin鈥�, included a round table meeting on...
MCRI, Incepta Pharmaceuticals partner to protect children from rotavirus
Murdoch Children鈥檚 Research Institute and Incepta Pharmaceuticals, based in Bangladesh, embarked on collaboration on Monday, aimed at bringing life-saving innovation to the global healthcare landscape...
Massive fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk
A large fire broke out on Wednesday at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk, maker of weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, Copenhagen鈥檚 fire service said...
Japan dietary supplement maker probes five deaths
A Japanese drugmaker said on Friday it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol and apologised for the 鈥榓nxiety and fear鈥� it had caused.