Industry
Healthcare & Food
Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and food businesses — registration, technology transfer and compliance.
Pharmaceutical and device products require registration with the Directorate General of Drug Administration; food businesses answer to the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority and BSTI standards. Patent, data and brand protection sit alongside those approvals.
We advise manufacturers, licensors and distributors on registration, technology transfer, local manufacturing arrangements, brand protection and regulatory compliance.
What we do in this sector
- Product registration and regulatory approvals
- Technology transfer and contract manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical and device distribution agreements
- Patent, trademark and data protection
- Food safety, labelling and standards compliance
- Clinical, promotional and advertising compliance
Selected experience
- Technology transfer work for pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies.
Mandates in this sector
General Electric · Local counsel
Power and energy projects in Bangladesh, including a sublease matter
Nokia · Counsel
Established the well-known mark doctrine in Bangladesh across all classes
Confidential brand owner · Counsel
Supreme Court judgment establishing that parallel and unofficial-channel imports constitute use of a mark in the territory
Sony · Enforcement counsel
Co-ordinated action against 160 counterfeiters
Casio · Enforcement counsel
Co-ordinated action against 60 counterfeiters
Crocodile, Saybolt and 3M · Enforcement counsel
Cross-border enforcement of treaty-based rights under the Paris Convention and the GATT framework
The World Bank · Lead local counsel
Financial Sector Reform Programme — redesign of the banking regulatory framework, and drafting of the Bankruptcy Act 1997
ONGC, OIL, POSCO and Daewoo · Local counsel
Offshore production sharing contracts
Samsung · Local counsel
Dhaka Airport Third Terminal; contractor arrangements on the Jamuna and Padma bridges
El Paso · Counsel
Successful corporate tax exemption
FIFA · Rights holder's counsel
Protection of FIFA's marks against unauthorised use ahead of major tournaments
Devi CropScience · Applicant's counsel
Secured extended protection for an agrochemical patent
Confidential rights holder · Appellant's counsel
Supreme Court judgment recognising parallel imports as trademark use — a landmark for brand owners in Bangladesh