Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum today said the Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) will soon establish a state-of-the-art pharmaceuticals, vaccine, and anti-venom production facility in Sirajdikhan upazila, Munshiganj district.

She made the announcement during a site visit to the BISIC Chemical Industrial Park in Sirajdikhan, where the new plant is planned.

Nurjahan directed the relevant authorities to expedite the land registration process to ensure timely implementation of the project.

According to project plans, the existing vaccine production unit in Gopalganj and the EDCL plant in Manikganj will be relocated to the new site. Over 40 acres of land have already been secured for the project.

The adviser also called for relocating the ongoing anti-venom production project from Chattogram to the new facility. She expressed hope that the new plant would be highly profitable, taking into account all operational and strategic aspects.

EDCL Managing Director Md Samad Mridha and other senior officials were present during the site visit.

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