Beximco hands over Remdesivir to govt

 

 

Live Correspondent: Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which produced Remdesivir, which is recognised as very effective for the treatment of coronavirus, handed over the drug to the government on Thursday.

Beximco Managing Director Nazmul Hassan handed over the medicine to Health Minister Zahid Maleque at a ceremony at noon.

It was informed during the handover that the medicine under the brand name ‘Bemsivir’ produced by the company will be very effective for the treatment of serious and critical COVID-19 patients. This medicine will be provided free of cost at government hospital.

In addition to Beximco, the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has allowed eight other pharmaceutical companies, including Eskayef, Beacon, Incepta and Square, to produce the drug in Bangladesh.

Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd, also known as SKF is the first pharmaceutical company in the world to produce generic group Remdesivir. The brand name of the SKF produced Remdesivir is Remivir.

Dhaka, 21, May (campuslive24.com)//Ait

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