The National Control Laboratory (NCL) for medicinal products under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was recently recognized as compliant with World Health Organization (WHO) recommended standards of Good Practices for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories (GPPQCL).
As a result of meeting GPPQCL standards, the laboratory has now been added to the WHO list of prequalified medicine quality control laboratories, according to a press release from the global health watchdog on Monday.
A total 55 laboratories in the world are on the WHO list of prequalified medicine quality control laboratories.
“This is a great achievement for the country and a major step towards ensuring access to quality essential medicine at the national, regional and global levels,” the press release added.
Under the leadership of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), a Coalition of Interested Partners (CIP) for medicine regulatory affairs was established with technical guidance from the WHO in 2016.
Under the CIP, development partners mainstream their support to DGDA and coordinate regulatory system strengthening activities.
WHO remains committed to supporting the Government of Bangladesh in strengthening the country’s capacity for medicine quality control mechanisms and capacities, a key step in achieving Universal Heath Coverage, the press release further said.
