Interview with Ajit Kamath, Chairman & Managing Director, Arch Pharmalabs
Arch Pharmalabs started its operations in 1999 when you bought a plant in Hyderabad with a turnover of 2Mn USD. 12 years later, you have grown to a 300Mn USD…
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is the flagship company of the Torrent Group. Based in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, it was promoted by U. N. Mehta, initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd, and was later renamed Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals operates in more than 50 countries with over 1000 product registrations globally. Torrent Pharma is active in the therapeutic areas of Cardiovascular (CV), central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal, diabetology, anti-infective and pain management segments. It has also forayed into the therapeutic segments of nephrology and oncology while also strengthening its focus on gynaecology and pediatric segments.
Arch Pharmalabs started its operations in 1999 when you bought a plant in Hyderabad with a turnover of 2Mn USD. 12 years later, you have grown to a 300Mn USD…
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For decades now, ACG has been building up its reputation in the global pharma space. The Indian Pharma industry, at the same time, increasingly is catching up with the Western…
For decades now, ACG has been building up its reputation in the global pharma space. The Indian Pharma industry, at the same time, increasingly is catching up with the Western…
You already joined the company in 2001, and returned after an MBA in the USA in 2004. This was also the time the company really took off, as you subsequently…
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