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…
Mankind Pharma is a pharmaceutical company in India based at New Delhi. The company has products in therapeutic areas ranging from antibiotics, to gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, dermal, and erectile dysfunction medications.
The company was formed in 1991. It started working as a fully integrated pharmaceutical company in 1995 with the contributions of two brothers, R C Juneja and Rajeev Juneja. The seed capital for establishing the company was 50 Lakh. The company was started with 20 employees and launched in two states in the 1st year of its operation.
The company acquired Magnet Labs Pvt. Ltd. to enter the antipsychotic segment in 2007. Also, it acquired Longifene-an appetite stimulant for children, in January 2010 which was earlier a brand of UCB Belgium.
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