Indian Pharma industry: A ROCKSTAR!

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Submitted by Niklesh Rao V on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 19:40
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The Indian Pharmaceutical industry has become the third largest in the world in terms of volume, valued at over Rs one lakh crore."The Indian pharmaceutical industry, now over one lakh crore (US $ 20 billion) industry, has shown tremendous progress in terms of infrastructure development,technology base creation and a wide range of products," said the Minister of State in the Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry Srikant Kumar Jena in the Lok Sabha.The country now ranks third worldwide by volume and 14th by value thereby accounting for around 10 per cent of the world's production by volume and 1.5 per cent by value. Globally, it ranks fourth in terms of generic production and 17th in terms of export value of bulk actives and dosage forms.

Source: News from yahoo, rediff and sify.

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Indian Pharma Industry

Submitted by Manthan D.janodia on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 10:39.
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Dear Niklesh,
Good info. To my knowledge the size of Indian Pharma Industry (including formulation, bulk drugs and exports) is around USD 11 bn and not USD 20 bn.
I would be glad if you can send the URL where you have got the figure of USD 20 bn.

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Here is the

Submitted by Santosh Kumar. JH on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 15:13.

Here is the reference:

http://www.dancewithshadows.com/pillscribe/india-is-3rd-largest-producer...

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Dear sir, I have gathered the

Submitted by Niklesh Rao V on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 13:21.

Dear sir, I have gathered the information from the news report in yahoo given a couple of days back. The figure was given by the union minister for chemicals and petrochemicals.

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great statistical

Submitted by Supriya vavilapalli on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 17:33.
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great statistical info..................

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Thank you for your

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HI, NIKLESH Valuable info

Submitted by V.B.S.Aishwarya on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 17:02.
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HI,
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Valuable info ......
keep posting such information
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Dear ... A great blog....keep

Submitted by Zarrin Faria on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 14:15.
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Dear ...
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nice blog

Submitted by Juhi Sharma on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 06:56.
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Good to learn about our pharma industry success.

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Ranbaxy Laboratories: By

Submitted by Niklesh Rao V on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 05:24.
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  • Ranbaxy Laboratories: By sales India's largest pharma firm with the returns touching Rs 4,198.96 crore (Rs 41.989 billion) in 2007
  • Dr Reddy's Laboratories: With a turnover of Rs 4,162.25 crore (Rs 41.622 billion) in 2007, Dr Reddy's lab is second largest drug firm in India by sales .
  • Cipla: Cipla generated an annual revenue of Rs 3,763.72 crore (Rs 37.637 billion) in 2007 making itself the third largest pharmaceutical firms.
  • Sun Pharma Industries: Sun Pharma Industries had an overall earnings of Rs 2,463.59 crore (Rs 24.635 billion) in 2007.
  • Lupin Labs: Lupin Labs yielded total profit of Rs 2,215.52 crore (Rs 22.155 billion) in 2007.
  • Aurobindo Pharma: India's sixth largest pharma company by sales, Aurobindo posted Rs 2,080.19 crore (Rs 20.801 billion) annual returns in 2007.
  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharma: With 2007 turnover touching Rs 1,773.41 crore (Rs 17.734 billion, GSK is India's seventh largest pharma firm.
  • Cadila Healthcare: Cadila's earnings was Rs 1,613.00 crore (Rs 16.13 billion) in the fiscal year 2007, establishing itself as India's eight largest drug company.
  • Aventis Pharma: With an annual revenue of Rs 983.80 crore (Rs 9.838 billion) in 2007, Aventis Pharma has made a place for itself in the top ten pharma companies in India
  • Ipca Laboratories: Ipca is India's 10th largest pharma company by sales and in 2007 it had a turnover of Rs 980.44 crore (Rs 9.804 billion)

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    Sirisha Pingali's picture

    dear nik.. Good

    Submitted by Sirisha Pingali on Sun, 12/06/2009 - 04:22.
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    dear nik..
    Good statistics..May i know the major pharma giants stealing the show??

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