Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, also known as Beximco Pharma is a major pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh. It is part of the Beximco Group of Companies.


Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Bangladesh
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Type Ltd
Founded 1980
Headquarters Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Key people Nazmul Hassan CEO
Industry Pharmaceutical
Website http://www.beximco-pharma.com/


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[edit] Corporate History

Beximco Pharma started operations in 1980, manufacturing products under the licenses of Bayer AG of Germany and Upjohn Inc. of USA. BP has now grown to become one of Bangladesh's leading pharmaceutical companies, supplying more than 10% of country's total medicine need. Today Beximco Pharma manufactures and markets its own `branded generics' for almost all diseases from AIDS to cancer, from infection to asthma, from hypertension to diabetes, for both national and international markets.

[edit] 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 from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom, amongst others.

[edit] Business Information

The company's annual production exceeds $50 million. It employs over 1900.

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