Pharmaceutical Industry in India.

“The Indian pharmaceutical industry is a success story providing employment for millions and ensuring that essential drugs at affordable prices are available to the vast population of this sub-continent.”
Richard Gerster

                The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry today is in the front rank of India’s science-based industries with wide ranging capabilities in the complex field of drug manufacture and technology.
The pharmaceutical industry in India has
1.low costs of production,
2.low R&D costs,
3.Innovative scientific manpower,

• Strength of national laboratories and an increasing balance of trade.
• The Pharmaceutical Industry, with its rich scientific talents and research capabilities, supported by Intellectual Property Protection regime is well set to take on the international market. 
• A highly organized sector, the Indian Pharma Industry is estimated to be worth $ 4.5 billion, growing at about 8 to 9 percent annually.
• It ranks very high in the third world, in terms of technology, quality and range of medicines manufactured. From simple headache pills to sophisticated antibiotics and complex cardiac compounds, almost every type of medicine is now made indigenously.
Playing a key role in promoting and sustaining development in the vital field of medicines, Indian Pharma Industry boasts of quality producers and many units approved by regulatory authorities in USA and UK.
• The leading 250 pharmaceutical companies control 70% of the market with market leader holding nearly 7% of the market share.
• It is an extremely fragmented market with severe price competition and government price control.
The pharmaceutical industry in India meets around 70% of the country's demand for
1.bulk drugs,
2.drug intermediates,
3.pharmaceutical formulations,
4.tablets,
5.capsules,
6.orals and
7.injectibles
• There are about 250 large units and about 8000 Small Scale Units, which form the core of the pharmaceutical industry in India. These units produce the complete range of pharmaceutical formulations, i.e., medicines ready for consumption by patients and about 350 bulk drugs, i.e., chemicals having therapeutic value and used for production of pharmaceutical formulations.

Reference:
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