The High Court on Monday upheld its earlier order that had asked 20 pharmaceutical companies and 14 antibiotics manufacturers to stop production and supply and withdraw of all of their medicines which have been found to be of low quality.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the order.
Advocate Manzil Morshed, a counsel for the petitioner, said the court also asked to form a five-member probe committee to monitor the implementation of the order.
Already the government has revoked the liscences of 7-8 companies out of 34, he said.
It also asked the probe committee to submit a report over the overall situation of the drug companies — whether the drug companies are involved in producing drugs without following the policy or selling those to local markets — to the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) after every four months.
Earlier, on August 8, last year, the High Court ordered 34 pharmaceutical companies to stop production.
Advocate Manzil Morshed filed the petition on behalf of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh, responding to a report, titled ‘Low quality medicines of 34 companies still exist in market’, published by vernacular daily ‘Dainik Samakal’ on June 28.
The writ petition was filed with the HC seeking its directives to revoke the licenses of 20 pharmaceutical companies and 14 antibiotics manufacturers for their failure to produce quality medicines.
On June 7, the HC ordered the government to stop the production of 20 pharmaceutical companies within seven days for their failure to produce quality medicines.
source:UNB
