Market Research and Recommendation on Packaging and Labeling of Various OTC (Over The Counter) Drugs Available in Bangladesh

The aim of present study was to find out whether or not the pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh are providing all the necessary information and instructions in the packaging materials of OTC (Over the Counter) Drugs which are available in Pharmaceuticals of Bangladesh and can be bought without prescription by anybody from drug or chemist store. For this purpose 250 brands from 55 generics were selected from different pharmaceutical companies and collected from different drug stores in Dhaka city. Then 16 different regulatory and 12 clinical parameters were thoroughly checked in the packages of selected products. Some lacking was found in the packaging information (both regulatory and clinical) of selected products. The findings as well as some recommendations regarding the OTC drugs packaging are discussed in this article.