Vardhaman Book on Jainism

Author(s): Jayshree Menon
Publisher: Bennete Coleman & Co Ltd

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WE’VE PUT Rs 75 CRORE BEHIND THIS LITTLE INDIAN.
Our investments in the pharmaceutical industry are one of the largest in the country.
These include our Rs. 75 crore R&D facility, the new benchmark in such research centres.
Set up near Gandhinagar in Gujarat, this spanking R&D Centre houses over 200 top notch scientists. They put their energies into basic and applied research, covering computer aided drug design, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, microbiology and fermentation. formulation development, biopharmaceuticals, toxicology and clinical research. The research centre has been granted patenting in USA and India.
This apart, we have tie-ups with prestigious research institutes around the world.
Among them are the William Harvey Research Institute, London, and premier institutes in India like the National Chemical Laboratory, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Plus university projects nearing commercialisation,
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited is one of India's major Indian healthcare companies, having a turnover of about Rs. 450 crores. We have integrated operations from basic pharma substances to intermediates to bulk drugs to dosage forms. Our manufacturing plant is being expanded and upgraded to European standards, at a cost of over Rs. 50 crores. International operations are being given a thrust through investments planned in selected countries. We are the market leaders in niche therapeutic segments of cardiovascular and neuro-psychiatric diseases and have significant presence in gastro-intestinal and anti-infective segments. We are also one of the leading Indian exporters of formulations to over 20 countries.
We have strategic alliances with global pharma giants Sanofi Synthelabo, France and Novo Nordisk, Denmark. And our competitive advantages include a wide distribution network and proprietary formulations in global markets.
It's all part of our effort to help reach reliable healthcare to every Indian, little or not.
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