Bangladeshi one-day and T-20 cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza urged people living with diabetes to start a good innings as early as possible for changing diabetes. “If anyone wants to live well with diabetes, the best option is to be diagnosed and treat early to avoid long term complications,” Mashrafe said at press meet on ‘star early, change diabetes’. The press meet was organised by Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk, who is working for changing diabetes over 50 years in Bangladesh. The captain recently joined wi...

The convocation ceremony and workshop on ‘Postgraduate Program on Pediatric Nutrition (PGPN)’ was held at Lé Méridian in the capital on November 22. Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI), in collaboration with Boston University, organized the one-year certificate course engaging 4300 healthcare persons from around the world. Following last year’s success, 300 pediatricians from Bangladesh took part in the course this year. The certificate distribution ceremony and workshop follows one-year course in pediatric nutrition. Advocate Md. Qamrul Islam, MP, Minister of Ministry of Food attended the ceremony as Chief Guest, while Professor Dr. Anayet Hossain, Additional Director General, Directorate General of

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited ("BPL" or "the Company"; AIM Symbol: BXP), the fast-growing manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Sotalol Hydrochloride, a generic version of the cardiovascular drug Betapace, following submission of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) in June 2014. This is the second product from Beximco Pharma to be approved by the US FDA after Carvedilol, a prescript...