Advent Pharma Ltd.

Advent Pharma Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company based in Dhamrai, Dhaka, with its registered office and factory at Plot # B 50-54, BSCIC Industrial Estate. The company manufactures, imports and markets animal health care drugs, nutritional supplements and feed additives for livestock in powder, bolus and liquid dosage forms.

Company history and business

Advent Pharma Limited was incorporated as a private limited company on 25 January 2007 and converted into a public limited company on 7 May 2016. It began commercial operations on 1 March 2013 and operates in the animal health pharmaceutical sector, with products intended for livestock care and nutrition.

The company received approval for its initial public offering on 11 January 2018. It was listed with the Chittagong Stock Exchange on 28 March 2018 and the Dhaka Stock Exchange on 1 April 2018, and trading began on both exchanges on 12 April 2018.

Manufacturing focus and capacity

Its manufacturing portfolio covers animal health care drugs, nutritional supplements and feed additives in three principal dosage forms: powder, bolus and liquid. The stated annual production capacity is 15.12 million bolus pieces, 1.13 million kilograms of powder products and 1.32 million litres of liquid products.

Registration and licensing

• DGDA status: Functional
• Licence category: Allopathic
• Licence validity: 3 June 2026
• Legal status: Public company limited by shares

For this manufacturer, an allopathic licence relates to conventional pharmaceutical production under the applicable medicine regulatory framework. A Functional DGDA status indicates that the registered manufacturing licence is active in the register; this differs from a suspended or non-functional status.

Corporate and factory locations

The corporate office is at Rupayan Karim Tower, Level 10, 80 Kakrail VIP Road, Ramna, Dhaka-1000, while the factory is at Plot # B 50-54 BSCIC Industrial Estate, Kalampur, Dhamrai, Dhaka-1351.