State Minister for Health and Family Affairs Mizanur Rahman Sinha said this in Dhaka.

He was addressing as the chief guest at a seminar on "Export Publicity of Bangladeshi Pharmaceuticals to the West" jointly organised by US based the Bangladeshi-American Pharmacist Association (BAPA) and the Pharmacy Graduates Association (PGA) Wednesday.

He said locally produced medicines maintain international standards and Bangladeshi medicines are now exported to 52 countries in Asia, Europe and America.

Murad Hossain, director, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc of New York, USA presented keynote paper at the seminar. Selim Azad Chowdhury, executive president of Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society and Ishtiak Ahmed, general secretary of PGA also spoke on the occasion.