Formulations in Mumbai

Sun Pharma is the largest pharmaceutical company in India and the fourth-largest generic company in the world, founded in 1983 by Dilip Shanghvi with five psychiatry products in Kolkata and headquartered since at Sun Hou

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

Lupin was founded in 1968 by Desh Bandhu Gupta, a chemistry lecturer, and is headquartered at Kalpataru Inspire on Western Express Highway, Santacruz East, with its Lupin Research Park at Rabale in Navi Mumbai.

Glenmark, founded in 1977 by Gracias Saldanha and named for his sons Glenn and Mark, is headquartered at Glenmark House in Andheri East and led by Glenn Saldanha; it is known for dermatology, respiratory and oncology pro

Alkem, founded in 1973 by Samprada Singh, is headquartered at Alkem House on Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, and is among the five largest Indian pharma companies in the domestic market; its Clavam and Pan brands are a

Wockhardt, built by Habil Khorakiwala from the Worli Chemical Works of 1960s, is headquartered at Wockhardt Towers in Bandra Kurla Complex and runs its research centre at Aurangabad; it is known for biotechnology product

Ipca, headquartered at International House in Kandivali West, is one of the largest makers of active pharmaceutical ingredients in India — chloroquine, artemisinin derivatives and others — alongside its formulations busi

Unichem, founded in 1944 by Amrut Mody, is headquartered at Unichem Bhavan in Jogeshwari West and makes APIs and generic formulations for export after selling its Indian brands to Torrent in 2017; Ipca bought control of

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

USV, founded in 1961 by Vithal Gandhi with Revlon as partner, is a privately held Mumbai pharma company headquartered at Arvind Vithal Gandhi Chowk, BSD Marg, Govandi, and is the leader in diabetes medicines in India wit

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.

Pfizer Limited, the listed Indian company of the American group, is headquartered at The Capital in Bandra Kurla Complex; Becosules, Corex, Magnex and Prevenar are among its Indian products, made at its Goa plant and by

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

Novartis India, listed on the exchanges, is headquartered at Inspire BKC in Bandra Kurla Complex, with the group’s large global development and business services centre in Hyderabad; Voveran, Calcium Sandoz and oncology

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

Boehringer Ingelheim India, the arm of the German family-owned group, is headquartered at Godrej BKC in Bandra Kurla Complex with earlier offices in Thane; diabetes, respiratory and cardiovascular medicines and animal he

RPG Life Sciences, the pharma company of the RPG group, is headquartered at RPG House on Worli and runs its plants at Thane and Ankleshwar; it makes formulations, APIs and biotechnology products.

Reliance Life Sciences, the biotechnology company of the Reliance group, runs the Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre at Rabale in Navi Mumbai, where it makes biosimilars, plasma proteins and vaccines and does stem-cel

Ajanta Pharma, founded in 1973 by the Agrawal family, is headquartered at Ajanta House, Charkop, Kandivali West, and is a listed mid-sized pharma company strong in Africa, Asia and the US with branded generics in cardiol

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Bharat Serums and Vaccines, founded in 1971, makes anti-snake-venom serums, anti-D immunoglobulin and women’s health biologicals at its plant in Ambernath, with its head office at Airoli, Navi Mumbai; Mankind Pharma boug

Indoco Remedies, founded in 1947, is headquartered at Indoco House on Dr.

Medley Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1969, is a privately held Mumbai company headquartered in Andheri East, making formulations in anti-infectives, pain and diabetes at plants in Daman and Jammu.

Blue Cross Laboratories, founded in 1965, is a privately held Mumbai formulations company headquartered at Peninsula Chambers, Lower Parel, with plants at Nashik and Goa, and a large field force for the domestic market.

Macleods, founded in 1986 by the Agarwal family, is a privately held Mumbai company headquartered at Atlanta Arcade, Andheri East, and among the ten largest Indian pharma companies by domestic sales, with a large anti-TB

Meyer Organics, founded in 1979, is a privately held formulations company headquartered at Thane with plants in Thane and Kandivali, known for its vitamins and nutraceutical brands.

Themis Medicare, founded in 1969, is a listed Mumbai pharma company headquartered at Plot 69A, MIDC, Andheri East, making APIs and formulations at Vapi and Haridwar.

Inventia Healthcare, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Andheri East, develops and manufactures oral solid dosage formulations for pharmaceutical companies in India and export markets, with its plant at Ambernath.

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.