The declaration was made at the annual general meetings (AGMs) of Aventis Group of Companies, a leading multinational pharmaceutical group in Bangladesh, comprising Aventis Limited, Fisons (Bangladesh) Limited and Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited in Dhaka on Wednesday, says a press release.

Chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation Maj Gen (Retd) Imamuz-Zaman Bir Bikram presided over the AGM of Aventis Ltd.

Chairman of the Board and Senior Director, Industrial Operations, Asia Pacific of Aventis Pharma International Michel R Lienard presided over the AGMs of Fisons and Hoechst.

GM Jainal Abedin Bhuiyan, deputy secretary, Ministry of Industries, Iftekharul Islam, managing director of the group, and M Tajdiqul Islam, director (Finance and IS), were also present at the meetings.

Aventis holds 6.2 percent market share in Bangladesh.