Enhance cooperation in pharma, agriculture

Bangladesh wants to enhance its cooperation with the Philippines in the pharmaceutical and agriculture sector.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines Borhan Uddin told the media in Manila yesterday, after a courtesy call with Filipino President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

"We have a very booming pharmaceutical sector in Bangladesh. He [Marcos] will be happy to know that we export our pharmaceuticals to more than 140 countries around the globe, including USA and European Union countries," Borhan Uddin said, reports The Inquirer, a Filipino newspaper.

The ambassador added that there may be some investment from Bangladesh to the Philippines in this sector.

Besides this, Marcos Jr and Uddin also discussed cooperation in the agriculture sector.

Earlier, Marcos Jr expressed plans to boost local manufacturing of generic drugs in the Philippines.