Bangladesh's Beximco thrives on coronavirus challenges

Company first to clone remdesivir also supplying US agencies with protective gear

20200714 BANGLADESH Beximco

Beximco is now producing 50 million pieces of personal protective equipment a month. © AFP/Jiji

A.Z.M. ANAS, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- The coronavirus pandemic has sent orders plummeting for most manufacturers in Bangladesh, like their peers elsewhere.

But Beximco Group, a sprawling conglomerate which calls itself the country's largest private-sector employer, has turned the outbreak into an opportunity to show off its ability to churn out advanced products.

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