November 16, ’14. Professor Ahmed A. Azad a popular name in the GNOBB Circle has requested me to post the following. This is about the Feasibility of Establishing a Research-led Drug Discovery and Development Network in Bangladesh based on the indigenous Biota. If you want to read the entire proposal please click here.

Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am writing to seek your help in preparing a database of resident and expatriate Bangladeshi scientists involved in any area of drug discovery and development research, and in technology transfer. Bangladesh is endowed with a rich Biota and has a very strong and internationally competitive drug industry. So development of new medicines could be feasible if some of the required expertise and facilities (shown below) could be accessed through multidisciplinary collaborations and sharing of resources, and need-based capacity development. Special expertise in the molecular biosciences (3) and chemical sciences (4) are highlighted below. Initially we request a short CV, list of publications and major facilities available from those interested in helping to develop a drug discovery and development network in Bangladesh. Such a database would also help us to properly plan for an ICGEB-sponsored conference and workshop towards the end of 2015 to help initiate multidisciplinary collaborations and capacity development; the first circular will hopefully be ready by the end of January, 2015.

I would appreciate it very much if you could kindly send me your comments and suggestions on the information provided below, and also provide a short bio-data, no later than December 20, 2014. Thank you in anticipation. Click here to see the proposal.