ABOUT BAPA

Our Mission

Advocate – Educate – Communicate

We strive to organize Bangladeshi-American Pharmacists in a strong and professional platform so they can be more successful in their career and have a fulfilling experience in this country. We work to get the members involved in the socio-political process that determines their future. We hope to motivate everyone to contribute their time and talent to the betterment of the pharmacy profession here at home and in Bangladesh.

Specifically, the purpose of the organization is to foster cooperation and collaboration among Bangladeshi pharmacists residing in North America; to build and maintain relations with other pharmacists’ associations in North America, to support the profession of pharmacy in Bangladesh and in North America; to support and encourage the development of Pharmaceutical Science in Bangladesh; to develop and conduct programs for maintaining and improving the professional standards; to promote welfare of members’ families in case of need; to protect the professional interests of members of the Association.

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Pharmaceutical News

  • Investigational drug could control cholesterol
    on July 13, 2026 at 8:00 am

    Cholesterol-related heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and while doctors have more tools than ever to treat it, many patients still can't achieve safe cholesterol levels, or can't tolerate the side effects of available medications. Now, researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a hidden biological pathway that explains why high-cholesterol diets steadily chip away at our body's ability to clear harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from the blood,

  • Feeding data to AI to speed up drug discovery
    on July 10, 2026 at 8:00 am

    Developing new medicines can require thousands of chemistry experiments to identify the right recipe for a safe, effective and ideally affordable drug. The process is slow and labor-intensive, and many of the reactions depend on hard-to-source metals that act as essential catalysts.

  • New AI-powered platform helps researchers find promising cancer therapies faster
    on July 9, 2026 at 8:00 am

    Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new platform that combines 3D bioprinting, advanced imaging and artificial intelligence to better monitor how cancer responds to treatment. The technology could help researchers identify promising cancer therapies more rapidly and provide a way to test treatments on a patient's own tumor cells, helping guide more personalized treatment decisions.

  • Engineered CAR-T cells induce long-lasting remission in rheumatoid arthritis with a single infusion
    on July 8, 2026 at 8:00 am

    For the 18 million people living with rheumatoid arthritis, disease management currently means a lifetime of injections - a reality that new research from Tsinghua University may soon begin to change. Current first-line biologics targeting tumor necrosis factor (TNF) - including adalimumab (Humira), long among the world’s best-selling drugs - require injections every two weeks, potentially for decades. Prolonged use drives anti-drug antibody (ADA) formation in many patients, eroding therapeutic benefit and causing secondary treatment failure.

  • AI reveals unexpected source of antibiotic candidates in prion proteins
    on July 7, 2026 at 8:00 am

    New antibiotic candidates for drug-resistant bacteria may reside inside prions, mis-folded protein in the brain best known for rare and fatal degenerative brain diseases. Prion and prion-like proteins may hide short peptides, named “prionins,” that can kill bacteria, suggesting proteins best known for their role in neurodegeneration may contain molecular features linked to immune defense, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.