Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd., also known as SK+F, is a pharmaceutical company in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. It belongs to the
Transcom Group
Transcom Limited is a Bangladeshi business conglomerate. The businesses under this group include beverage, pharmaceuticals, newspaper, radio channel, electronics, foods, etc. Transcom is the local agent or comprador of international brands. Thi ...
.
Simeen Rahman is the managing director and CEO of the company.
History
Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd., a successor of
Smith, Kline & French
Smith, Kline & French (SKF) was an American pharmaceutical company that is now a part of the British group GSK plc.
History
In 1830, John K. Smith opened a drugstore in Philadelphia, and his younger brother, George, joined him in 1841 to form ...
in Bangladesh, was acquired by Transcom in 1990.
According to an IMS report, the company was among the top six pharmaceutical companies operating in Bangladesh in terms of sales in 2021. By 2021, it exported finished products to 65 countries.
The company was renamed Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Limited in January 2017.
Products
The company is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of a wide range of therapeutic drugs, bulk pellets and animal health and nutrition products including the oral anti covid medication
molnupiravir
Molnupiravir, sold under the brand name Lagevrio, is an antiviral medication that inhibits the replication of certain RNA viruses. It is used to treat COVID19 in those infected by SARS-CoV-2. It is taken by mouth.
Molnupiravir is a prodrug o ...
& nirmatrelvir co-packaged with ritonavir and injectable remdesivir.
References
Further reading
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External links
Official Site
Manufacturing companies based in Dhaka
Pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1990
Transcom Group
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