CHAPTER 9

Birth and Growth in Isolation

Development of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry in Bangladesh

Md. Noor Un Nabi and Utz Dornberger

Introduction

The pharmaceutical industry in developed countries has been occupying a complex and critical role in the public healthcare system since the era of colonization until globalization. Poor countries welcomed the arrival of drug preparation from pharmaceutical industries in developed countries as a fundamental resource to promote basic healthcare, prevent diseases, and manage public health emergencies. State-of-the-art knowledge and technology and high cost of entry in the modern pharmaceutical industry promise (near) monopoly for leading companies in their markets (Gabriel 2014). This is an industry ...

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