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{{Short description|Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
| logo = SKF NEW LOGO.png
| logo_size =
| type = [[Private Limited]]
| industry = [[Pharmaceutical Industry]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1990}} <!-- if known: in [[city]], [[state]], [[country]] -->
| founder = [[Latifur Rahman (businessman)|Latifur Rahman]]
| hq_location = Plot: 82, Road: 14 Block - B, Banani
| hq_location_city = [[Dhaka]]
| hq_location_country = Bangladesh
| key_people = Simeen Rahman (Managing Director & CEO)
| revenue = {{increase }}US$300 million
| parent = [[Transcom Group]]
| homepage = {{URL|skfbd.com}}
}}
'''Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd.''', also known as '''SK+F''', is a pharmaceutical company in [[Bangladesh]]. It belongs to the [[Transcom Group]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Iqbal |first=Farah K. |date=2016-09-19 |title=What makes the market tick? |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2016/09/19/makes-market-tick/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |type=Op-ed |access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref><ref name="ds29Dec2015">{{cite news |title=Eskayef sales jump manifold |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/eskayef-sales-jump-manifold-193606 |date=2015-12-29 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref> Simeen Rahman is the Managing Director and CEO of the company.<ref name="ds29Dec2015" /><ref>{{cite news |title='I am the brand' |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/economy/news/90329/%25E2%2580%2598I-am-the-brand%25E2%2580%2599 |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=2016-10-03 |archive-date=2016-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924065656/http://en.prothom-alo.com/economy/news/90329/%E2%80%98I-am-the-brand%E2%80%99 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== History ==
Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd., a successor of [[Smith, Kline & French]] in Bangladesh, was acquired by Transcom in 1990.<ref name="ds29Dec2015" /> According to an IMS report, the company was among the top six pharmaceutical companies operating in Bangladesh in terms of sales in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Akter |first=Sayeda |date=2009-08-23 |title=Pharma industry set for expansion |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-102696 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2016-10-03}}</ref> By 2021, it exported finished products to 65 countries.<ref name="ds29Dec2015" /> The company was renamed Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Limited in January 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eskayef pledges to conquer odds with courage |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/eskayef-pledges-conquer-odds-courage-1349950 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2017-01-24}}</ref>
==Products==
The company is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of a wide range of therapeutic drugs, bulk pellets and animal health and nutrition products<ref>{{cite news |title=Eskayef beats rivals in sales growth |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-219890 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2012-01-26}}</ref> including the oral anti covid medication [[Molnupiravir]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beximco, Eskayef to produce Covid drug|url=https://businesspostbd.com/post/35504|access-date=2021-11-10|website=businesspostbd.com|language=en}}</ref> & Nirmatrelvir co-packaged with Ritonavir and injectable Remdesivir.
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |last=Rahman |first=Md Fazlur |date=2015-03-24 |title=Novo Nordisk: Ethically profitable |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/novo-nordisk-ethically-profitable-73365 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2016-10-03}}
==External links==
* [http://www.skfbd.com/   Official Site]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Dhaka]]
[[Category:Pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Pharmaceutical companies established in 1990]]
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