Vaccine production in Bangladesh: Experts vehemently against private sector’s engagement
UNB
17th May, 2021 04:11:56
Though local pharmaceutical companies are showing a growing interest in either procuring or manufacturing Covid vaccines, local health experts say it is the government not the private sector that should collect or produce jabs for ensuring their quality, affordability and accessibility.
They also voiced doubt about the capabilities of the three companies that proposed the government to manufacture Russia s Sputnik V vaccine in Bangladesh.
The analysts suggested the government assess whether the Institute of Public Health (IPH) or state-owned Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) can be modernised within a short period of time to manufacture Covid vaccines.