Ministry to import medicines from Bangladesh after banning 4 Indian firms
September 17, 2013 01:23 pm
The
Health Ministry is taking steps to import certain types of medicines from
Bangladesh after earlier having banned four Indian companies from importing
them from India.
The
Ministry of Health decided to ban the purchase of medicinal drugs from 4 Indian
pharmaceutical companies due to quality issues and ordered that the purchasing
of all drugs from the companies Laborate, Vivek, Bafna and Elysium Pharma be
suspended immediately due to the companies allegedly supplying substandard
pharmaceutical drugs within the past 4 years.
Health
Minister Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladeshi Health Minister Dr. Ruhal Haq had
held discussions regarding the possibility of importing these medicines from
Bangladesh.
A
MoU is to be signed in October between the two nations regarding the purchase
of these medicines.
