General Pharma

General Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GPL) was incorporated as a private limited company on 5 April 1984. A.K.M Zahirul Alam was the managing director, and Gazi Nurun Nabi was director. The company began manufacturing drugs in 1987, initially with seven products. There are currently nearly 3000 employees, including around 2000 sales and marketing staff. The national distribution network has around 600 distribution workers.

The company's manufacturing facility is located 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Dhaka in Gazipur, where they produce dosage forms including tablets in film-coated, enteric-coated, dispersible, immediate release, modified release, sustained release and chewable, as well as immediate release capsules, modified-release capsules, enteric-coated capsules, liquid in hard gelatin capsules, lotions, ORS, syrups, suspensions, oral gels, antiseptic mouthwash, antiseptic solutions, powder for suspensions, creams, and ointments (water based and oil based).

In 2011 the company extended their manufacturing facility, 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Dhaka in Gazipur.

The site has a total area of 29,792 square metres, and a building footprint of 14,444 square metres.