DHAKA, July 7, 2018 (BSS) – Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed
Nasim today urged the pharmaceutical companies to reduce the prices of drugs
so that common people of the country can afford it.
“I am requesting to the owners of the pharmaceutical companies to cut down
the prices of medicines so people of middle income can afford the cost of
drugs easily,” he said.
The minister was addressing a views-exchange meeting with officials of
‘One Pharma’ pharmaceutical company at the conference room of Commerce
Ministry at Secretariat here.
“Currently, Bangladesh is exporting medicines to over 151 countries,
including India, Sri Lanka, Germany, USA, France, Italy, UK, Canada, The
Netherlands and Denmark as we are producing good quality of drugs,” Nasim
said.
“Once Bangladesh used to import most of the drugs what we needed, but now
situation has changed over the last two decades,” he added.
Managing Director of One Pharma KSM Mostafizur Rahman presided over the
function while Secretary to the Medical Education and Family Welfare G M
Saleh Uddin, Director General (DG) at Directorate General of Drug
Administration Major General M Mustafizur Rahman and DG of health services
Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad were present, among others.