Benham Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Benham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Savar, Dhaka. It started operations in 2012 and manufactures medicines across a broad range of therapeutic classes, including antiulcerants, antibiotics, NSAIDs, antipyretics, vitamins and minerals, laxatives, cardiovascular medicines, antidiabetics, antispasmodics, antihistamines, antiasthmatic medicines, antipsychotics and antiemetics.

What they manufacture

The company manufactures medicines for multiple therapeutic areas rather than focusing on a single category. Its stated manufacturing range includes medicines used in gastrointestinal, infectious, pain and fever, nutritional, cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, allergy, psychiatric and nausea-related care.

Manufacturing and quality

Its manufacturing plant is located at plot no:1, Aicha Nwaddah, Rajashon road, Savar, Dhaka. The company states that the facility is designed to support both local and international demand and that construction of a new plant is underway at its new campus.

Benham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. states that its quality policy is built around the principle of “Quality First”, with quality applied across its activities rather than only to finished products. It also states that it achieved ISO 9001:2015, GMP and UKAS 14001:2015 certificates in 2018, and that it is working to export its medicines to different countries.

Registration and licensing

The DGDA registration identifies the company as an allopathic pharmaceutical manufacturer. An allopathic licence covers the manufacture of conventional modern medicines under the applicable regulatory framework.

• DGDA status: Functional
• DGDA registered address: Savar, Dhaka
• Licence category: Allopathic

A Functional status indicates that the relevant manufacturing registration is recorded as active in the DGDA register. This distinguishes it from statuses such as Suspended or Non-Functional, which indicate that the relevant regulatory status is not currently active for normal manufacturing operations.