Nigeria collects Remdesivir from Bangladesh

Nigerian authorities collected Bemsivir, the generic version of Remdesivir drug, produced by Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company Beximco, to treat a Covid-19 infected governor in Nigeria.

Bangladeshi garment marketing company Bhuiyan International CEO Kabir Ahmed collaborated with Nigerian authorities to supply the drugs to Nigeria on an urgent basis.

A Nigerian chartered aircraft, sent here on behalf of the country’s government, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5pm Sunday (June 7) and flew back shortly after receiving the drugs.

Earlier, on June 6, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Jideofor Kwusike Onyeama phoned Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Minister Dr AK Momen and urged him to extend necessary cooperation in this regard.