Alco Pharma Ltd Information

Alco Pharma Ltd. started its marketing operations as importer and distributor for the products of MERCK SHARP & DHOME (MSD) USA in the year 1978 and continued up to 1986. The business success led MSD to initiate project on a joint venture with ALCO and set up its manufacturing facility at Mirpur, Dhaka in 1986. In 1987 MSD decided to stop their operation in Bangladesh due to change in Drug Policy and sold their assets and interests to ALCO Pharma. Construction of a state of the art pharmaceutical facility, a three-storied building with a foundation of seven stories and 8 thousand sqft per floor, marked the beginning of ALCO as a drug manufacturer in Bangladesh. In the year 1991 Alco Pharma Ltd. received the Manufacturing License to start production of Biological & Non-Biological preparations in its own factory with strict adherence to cGMP as required by WHO. Now Alco Pharma is researching, developing, designing, manufacturing and marketing a comprehensive range of formulations from antihypertensive, lipid lowering, antidiabetic, antiasthmatics, antibacterial, injectable to host of other disease curing and life is enhancing products. Alco Pharma is a proactive company and has always laid emphasis on innovation and quality. To fulfill our corporate mission we have steadily expanded our infrastructure and facilities complying with cGMP standards, linked together by strong Information Technology backbone.