- Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, also known as Beximco Pharma is a
pharmaceutical company inBangladesh . [cite news |title=BD firm plans to export version of Tamiflu |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C05%5Cstory_5-4-2006_pg5_14 |work=Daily Times |date=2006-04-05 |accessdate=2008-03-08 ] It is part of theBeximco Group of Companies.Infobox Company
company_name = Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Bangladesh
company_
company_type =Limited
foundation = 1980
location =Tongi ,Dhaka ,Bangladesh
key_people = Nazmul Hassan CEO
industry =Pharmaceutical
operations =South Asian ,Africa ,Europe andUSA
Product = Ranitidine, Napa, Pretin,Amdocal,Tamona and more
Staff = 1900
homepage = [http://www.beximco-pharma.com/ beximco-pharma.com]Corporate History
Beximco Pharma started operations in 1980, manufacturing products under the licenses of
Bayer AG ofGermany andUpjohn Inc. ofUSA . It has now grown to become a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, and it supplies more than 10% of country's total medicinal needs. Today Beximco Pharma manufactures and markets its own branded generics for several diseases includingAIDS ,cancer ,asthma ,hypertension , anddiabetes for both national and international markets.Factories
Beximco Pharma manufacturing facilities are spread across a 20 acre site located in
Dhaka, Bangladesh . The facilities comprise of a number of purpose-built plants, including a new Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) plant. The site includes manufacturing facilities as well as a research laboratory and a number of warehouses. The plant and machinery of the facilities were designed, produced and installed by partners fromGermany ,Switzerland ,Sweden ,Italy and theUnited Kingdom , amongst others.Philippines
On August, 2007, Beximco exported its
medicines to thePhilippines , the 5th country of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN ) toimport Beximco'sdrugs . Beximco Chief Executive Nazmul Hassan said thatexports to the Philippines include metereddose inhalers, andnasal sprays, and othermedications . The Philippinepharmaceutical market ($1.3 billion in 2007), is highly dependent on imported medicines. [ [http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=allBreakingNews&storyID=2007-08-29T114906Z_01_DHA21789_RTRIDST_0_BEXIMCO-EXPORTS.XML Reuters, Bangladesh Beximco exports drugs to Philippines] ]References
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