What is ADLRS?
The Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS) is a digital platform developed by the Better Health in Bangladesh project of MSH for DGDA. The idea was to transform the manual system of drug license issuance into an online automated system. Following originally developed in 2020, the ADLRS received a massive upgrade in 2023-2024 to enhance its user-friendliness, efficiency, and effectiveness. The DGDA discontinued the manual process of issuing drug licenses and established ADLRS as the sole system for this purpose.
How ADLRS reduced client cost and reduced time requirement for processing and issuance of drug license
| Time & Cost | Drug License Type | Party | Before ADLRS | After ADLRS | Amount | (%) |
| Cost (BDT) | New | Client | 38,000 | 3,000* | 35,000 | 92% |
| Renew | 7,000 | 2,000* | 5,000 | 71% | ||
| Time (day) | New | DGDA Staff | 20 | 5 | 15 | 75% |
| Client | 45 | 5 | 40 | 89% | ||
| Renew | DGDA Staff | 10 | 0 | 10 | 100% | |
| Client | 20 | 0 | 20 | 100% | ||
| * Government fees | ||||||
The use of ADLRS saved cost and time by eliminating clients’ travel need and reduced their hassles.
