The master plan for Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is developed by the world renowned Pharmaceutical Consultant from Australia (Asia Pacific Consultants) for a long term business. The facility of PPL provides plants erected in line with US FDA, UK MHRA and TGA guidelines.

Product Development

Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. also has a very well equipped and separate product development facility to carryout formulation development work and to conduct storage stability studies following ICH guidelines which is also the one of its kind in Bangladesh.

Manufacturing Facilities

The plant has latest manufacturing facilities for oral solids & liquids, cream & ointments, ophthalmics, small volume parenterals (injectables) and Large Volume Parenterals (IV Fluids). Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. also has separate and dedicated facilities for penicillins and cephalosporins which are unique and only of its kind in Bangladesh.

Inside of each of the facilities, partition walls and ceiling are made of sandwich panels with SLE (self levelling epoxy) flooring to make Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to be the legendary facility in Bangladesh.

HVAC is also designed by APC to meet the requirements of US FDA, EU GMP and ASHRAE. The environment classifications of the production facility are class 100 (A), class 100 (B), class 10000 (C), class 100000 (D) and class 100000 (E) depending on the activities performed.

Central Building Management System from Siemens, Germany is installed for monitoring and controlling of HVAC system including Chillers, Pumps, Boilers, Fire Fighting System and Air Compressors

Purified Water and WFI System

Separate Purified Water and WFI system of European origin are installed for non-beta lactum and beta lactum products. Captive electricity generation available to guarantee uninterrupted power supply to the plant.


Equipments:

Sourcing of most of the equipments for the facility is made from Europe, USA, Korea and Taiwan with provisions for proper validation and to guarantee consistent performance and reliability.


Warehouse:

PPL has an Warehouse, built in steel pre-fabricated structure with an area of 3250 m2. This sophisticated warehouse has separate cold storage (2-80C), cool storage (20-250C) area for raw materials and segregated cool storage (20-250C) area for finished goods.

Fire Fighting:

The whole facility is equipped with early fire detection system for any kind of smoke. Fire hydrant network is present throughout the site and also fire hose reel with portable extinguisher is placed at different area within all the buildings. Danger management system is controlling the entire fire fighting system with the help of smoke and heat detectors in all the facilities.

This fire-fighting system is supplied, installed and commissioned by Siemens, Germany and Bangladesh.
 

Waste Management System

There is a solid waste management system for disposal of solid waste and trash materials. A well defined policy exists inclusive of in-house management through segregation and also with the provisions for using incinerator to protect the environment.


Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP)
An effluent treatment plant (ETP) with a capacity of 30,000L/day is also there to treat the effluents at the site.


Human Resources:

Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. believes that having good facility is not enough to produce quality products. To ensure consistent product quality with high productivity, a system must be in place maintained by qualified personnel. Popular Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has qualified and experienced professionals with good credentials in the industry to take care of these issues.