Drug (Control) Ordinance 1982

(National Drug Policy 1982)

 Objectives of the National Drug Policy 1982

1. Common people get the essential and necessary drugs.

2. The price of the imported as well as the locally manufactured
drugs reasonable.
3. Stopping in a gradual way import and manufacture of such
costly drugs.

4. Self sufficiency is attain in the manufacture of essential drugs.

5. Prohibiting the import, manufacture and sale of drugs which
have been or will be adjudged useless or injurious.
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6. To exercise government control over advertisement.

7. To exercise control on the import of drugs and raw materials.

8. To contract the local companies with the responsibility of
manufacturing those drugs which they can produce in adequate
quantity.
9. To entrust all local/foreign companies with the responsibility of
ensuring that all the essential drugs are manufactured in the
country.
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10. To ban the manufacture, sale and distribution of adulterated and

sub-standard drugs.
11. To constitute necessary number of Drug Courts to try guilty
persons and to punish them expeditiously.
12. To strengthen the system of procurement, storage and
distribution of drugs and medicines so that these are accessible
to people in all areas of the country.

13. To take gradual steps to manufacture, distribute and sell drugs

by their generic names.
 Drug Import
Year Import
1972-82 80%
2000 5%
2004 3%
2009 5%
2013 3%
2020 2%
 Market Share in 1982 :
(in Tk.)

Total No. of Drug Manufacturers : 166

8 Multinationals : 75%
25 Middle-Sized Nationals : 15%
133 Small Nationals : 10%
Multinationals' Market Share

1982 - 75%
2000 - 9%
2010 - 7%
2020 - 5%
Pharma Raw Materials Produced in
Bangladesh
Aluminium Hydroxide Ferrous Gluconate
Compressed Gel Ferrous Sulphate
Aluminium Hydroxide Flucloxacillin
Dried Gel Injection Syringe
Amoxicillin Magnesium Hydroxide Paste
Ampicillin Magnesium Hydroxide Powder
Blood Transfusion Bag Paracetamol
Capsule Shell Sulphamethoxazole
Cefalexin Monohydrate Trimethoprim
Cloxacillin Lamivudine
Diclofenac Sodium Zidovudine
Diclofenac Diethyl Amine Nelfinavir
Ranitidine Stavudine
Omeprazole Peclitexol
Oseltamivir
 Drug Export from Bangladesh

2000 - 2001 : Taka 172 Crore

2001 - 2002 : Taka 225 Crore

2009 – 2010 : Taka 893 Crore

2012 – 2013 : Taka 1210 Crore

2019-2020 : Taka 1600 Crore

Bangladeshi Drugs are Now Exported to
143 Countries including .........

Argentina Myanmar
Austria Oman
Belgium Philippines
Brazil Poland
Bulgaria Qatar
Denmark Rumania
Finland Saudi Arabia
France Singapore
Hungary Spain
Indonesia Taiwan
Jordan United Arab Emirates
Kuwait Venezuela
Malaysia USA