Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a Bangladeshi
multinational pharmaceutical
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and re ...
company.
It was founded in 1958 by
Samson H. Chowdhury
Samson H. Chowdhury ( bn, স্যামসন এইচ চৌধুরী; 25 September 1925 – 5 January 2012) was a Bangladeshi business magnate. He was the chairman of Square Pharmaceuticals.
Personal life
Samson H. Chowdhury was born o ...
along with three of his friends PK Saha, Kazi Harunur Roshid and Radhabinod Rai as a private firm. It went public in 1991 and is listed on the
Dhaka Stock Exchange
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ( bn, ঢাকা স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জ ''Dhaka stôk ekschenj''), located in Nikunja, Dhaka, is one of the two stock exchanges of Bangladesh, the other being the Chittagong Stock Exchange. In ...
and on the
Chittagong Stock Exchange
The Chittagong Stock Exchange ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জ) is a stock exchange based in the port city Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is one of the twin financial hubs of the country, alongside the Dh ...
(ID of SPL: 13002) Square Pharmaceutical started to export different antibiotics and medicine across the world from 1987. Now it exports its medicine to 36 countries of the world.
In 2008 and 2009 it had the highest market share in the
pharmaceutical industry of Bangladesh.
[ For the last couple of years, it has been seeing double digit revenue every year.]
References
External links
Company website
Companies based in Dhaka
Pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1958
Bangladeshi brands
Vaccine producers
1958 establishments in East Pakistan
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