Top 5 Pharmaceutical Companies in India

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 1. Sun Pharmaceutical

Revenue in 2020 (TTM): $ 4,340,000,000

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has landed on the first spot on the list of top pharmaceutical companies in India. Founded in 1983 by Dilip Shangavi and headquartered in Mumbai, Sun Pharmaceutical Ltd. is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that manufactures and sells pharmaceutical formulations and APIs in both India and the US. various therapeutic areas, such as neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, and Diabetology, and gastroenterology. It also supplies anti-cancer drugs, steroids, peptides, steroids, sex hormones, etc.

The company had a humble beginning in 1983 when the company launched five products that were used to treat psychiatry-related ailments. In 2014, after acquiring Ranbaxy Laboratories Sun Pharmaceutical Ltd. became India’s largest pharma company and the biggest Indian company to operate in the US. Its workforce that comprises around 32, 000 employees (2019) serve more than 100 countries across the globe. In 2017, the firm was awarded The Entrepreneur of the Year Award from All India Management Association (AIMA). According to their official site, they have signed a voluntary licensing agreement with Eli Lilly for expanding access to Baricitinib to help alleviate the burden of Covid-19 in India.

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