An expert group meeting on Strategies for the Development of Pharmaceutical Sector of Bangladesh was organised on 10 January 2010 at CPD to discuss the preliminary findings of a CPD research titled Development of Pharmaceutical Sector in Bangladesh: Current Concerns and Future Strategies. Mr Syed Saifuddin Hossain, Senior Research Associate, CPD made a presentation at the meeting which focused on the outlook of Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical sector for 2016 and beyond in view of the WTO decisions regarding TRIPS and public health. The meeting particularly discussed the export performance of the pharmaceutical sector in Bangladesh, reasons for success in the pharmaceutical business, major weaknesses in the pharmaceutical sector, and challenges and strategies to turn the potentials of the sector into practice. Senior officials of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh attended the meeting.