Arjun Handa – CEO & Managing Director, Claris Lifesciences – India
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Ipca is a fully integrated, rapidly growing Indian pharmaceutical company with a strong thrust on exports. Ipca’s APIs and Formulations produced at worldclass manufacturing facilities are approved by leading drug regulatory authorities including the US-Food and Drug Administration (FDA), UK-Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), South Africa-Medicines Control Council (MCC), Brazil-Brazilian National Health Vigilance Agency (ANVISA) and Australia-Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). With operations in over 100 countries, exports account for over 52% of the company’s income.
Forbes, a leading US business magazine, selected Ipca in 2003 among its top 200 successful, rising companies outside USA, with sales under USD 1 Billion. Over 19,000 companies were considered by Forbes, and of the 18 companies from India that figured in this list, only four were from the ‘Indian Pharmaceutical Sector’. Ipca happens to be one of them. Subsequently, Ipca was selected by FORBES in this prestigious list for two consecutive years; 2004 and 2005.
From a modest income of Rs. 0.54 crores in 1975-76, the net income has soared to Rs. 753.30 crores in 2005-06 with exports accounting for Rs. 401.83 crores. The net profit for the year ending 31st March, 2006 stood at Rs. 63.98 crores. Formulations constitute 67 percent of the total income for 2005-06. Today, Ipca is one of the biggest manufacturers in the world of APIs Atenolol (Antihypertensive), Chloroquine Phosphate (Antimalarial), Furosemide (Diuretic) and Pyrantel Salts (Anthelmintic) right from the basic stage. Ipca is also one of the largest suppliers of these APIs and their intermediates world over.
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