Healthcare started its operation in 1988 through establishing a company named Healthcare Distribution Limited in association with Roche Bangladesh Limited. It was responsible for import and distribution of pharmaceutical products to the local market. Until 2001 its business was based on import of Roche products from Switzerland and USA. Later on in 1996 Healthcare decided to establish its own pharmaceutical plant named Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Limited (HPL) to produce the products those are imported from Roche, Switzerland as well as other local generics. Accordingly, an agreement was signed with F Hoff Mann La Roche of Switzerland to produce their products locally under toll manufacturing agreement. As a consequence, a state of the art plant is designed, built and validated with technical support from F Hoff Mann La Roche, Switzerland. As per Drug Regulation of Bangladesh license manufacturing is allowed only for such companies who have their own plant in Bangladesh. In order to comply with the regulation Roche, Switzerland built another small plant, named Roche Bangladesh Limited.