Consumer Health and OTC in Mumbai

Cipla was founded in Mumbai in 1935 by Khwaja Abdul Hamied as the Chemical, Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratories, and its head office is Cipla House on Peninsula Business Park, Lower Parel; the old factory at Vikhr

FDC, the Fairdeal Corporation of 1936, is headquartered at B-8 MIDC Industrial Estate, Waluj, with its corporate office in Jogeshwari; it is the maker of Electral oral rehydration salts, Zifi and Enerzal, and a large exp

Piramal Pharma, spun out of Piramal Enterprises in 2022, is one of the largest contract development and manufacturing companies in India, with plants in India, the UK, the US and Canada, and a consumer business with bran

Abbott India, the listed Indian arm of the American company, is headquartered at Godrej BKC in Bandra Kurla Complex and became the largest multinational pharma company in India after Abbott bought Piramal’s domestic busi

GSK Pharmaceuticals India, listed on the exchanges and headquartered at Dr.

Sanofi India, the listed Indian arm of the French group, is headquartered at Sanofi House in Powai, with its plant at Goa; Lantus insulin, Allegra, Combiflam and Avil are its best-known products, and its consumer healthc

Bayer’s Indian companies — Bayer CropScience, listed on the exchanges, and Bayer Zydus Pharma — are headquartered at Bayer House, Hiranandani Estate, Thane, where the old factory was; crop protection, seeds, pharmaceutic

Procter & Gamble Health, the former Merck Limited bought by P&G in 2018, is listed on the exchanges and headquartered at Chakala, Andheri East; Neurobion, Evion, Polybion and Seven Seas are its vitamin and OTC brands, ma

Ascent Meditech, founded in 1994 and headquartered at Goregaon East, makes orthopaedic supports and pain-relief products under the Flamingo brand, sold through chemists across India.

Koye Pharmaceuticals, headquartered at Phoenix Market City, Kurla West, makes OTC wellness and nutritional products.

Cipla Health, the consumer healthcare arm of Cipla set up in 2016 and run from Lower Parel, sells Nicotex, Cipladine, Omnigel and Maxirich through chemists and online.

Sun Pharma’s consumer healthcare division, run from Sun House, Goregaon East, sells Revital H, Volini, Abzorb and other OTC brands that came with Ranbaxy.