Pharmaceutical Sector Report – India Pharmaceutical industry in India is currently worth 36.7 Billion USD which is around 1.85 % of Indian GDP. Out of this the formulations market accounts for around 12.2 Billion USD which is roughly 1.1 % of the global market. The Indian Pharmaceutical industry ranks 13th in terms of value and 3rd in terms of volume sales in the world. This industry has constantly grown after the economic liberalization. Pharmaceutical exports from India have grown at a CAGR of 21 % over the last decade. In FY 201415 the industry has seen a CAGR of 9 % which is expected to rise at around 13 % in 2015-16. 64% of the pharmaceutical produce is currently exported from India while 36% is for domestic use. Sector Overview: Active Pharmaceutical ingredient/ Bulk drugs refers to the ingredients which are used to produce pharmaceutical drugs and pesticides that are biologically active. Formulations on the other hand refers to the therapeutic drugs used for chronic (Neurological, Anti-diabetes, Gastro-intestinal, Cardiovascular etc.) and acute (Antiinfective, Respiratory, Pain, Gynecology etc.) diseases. There are about 10,500 manufacturing units and over 3,000 pharmaceutical companies in India. The Indian market is dominated majorly by branded generics which constitute nearly 70 to 80 per cent of the market. Few of the major companies …show more content…
The Central and State Govt. are responsible to maintain Drugs and Cosmetics Act. The State authorities(like DCO) are responsible for regulating the manufacturing, sale and distribution of drugs, whereas the central authorities (line DCGI) are Chronic responsible for approving new drugs, clinical trials, laying down the standards for Formulations drugs, controlling the quality of imported drugs and coordinating the activities of state drug control
Economic: Globalization of the pharmaceutical industry is an exciting opportunity to have research and development done at cheaper prices in other countries. However, this could be a double edged sword for companies because it is easy for other countries, such as India, to produce generic versions of the drug in bulk.
Eli Lilly’s decision to create a joint venture was not surprising (figure 1). The India government limited foreign direct investment to 51%, importing was subject to manufacturing at high costs outside the country and then paying high importation tariffs, and licensing was not prudent due to an absolute lack of product patents laws that were needed to protect Eli Lilly’s intellectual property.
2. Patent related and Generic Competition: The developed countries like US and Europe have strong patent protection laws which gives a lot of benefits for the pharmaceutical companies. But, the patent
Prescription drugs, on the other hand, are medicines that have been approved by the Food and Drug
The classification of medicines are all related to the medicines act 1968, while working with medication it is good to have an understanding and working
Five of the top ten pharmaceutical companies are located in the United States and the other five are European companies, all of these companies combined, employ approximately 787,000 people. The ranking of the following pharmaceutical companies are based on
One of them is medication compounding; that is to prepare the drug in a particular dosage form to
The Brazilian pharmaceutical market is the ninth largest in the world and the second among the BRIC countries (First is China, with Russia and India occupying third and fourth), annually handling about R $ 28 billion, a growth trend. Among the six largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, four are Brazilian. Currently there are about 540 pharmaceutical companies registered in Brazil.
A drug formulary is a list of prescription drugs, both generic and brand name, that are preferred by your health plan. Your health plan may only pay for medications that are on this "preferred" list. Additionally, health plans will only pay for medications that have been approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
There are advantages of starting a pharmaceutical firm in India. It has emerged from being an enzyme-producing firm to a biotech powerhouse under the guidance of Ms Kiran M. Shaw. They have a well-established pharmaceutical industry that has been growing since 1947. After the purchase of Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. and India Drug and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. they were able to compete with the MNC’s (Multi National Corporaton) from overseas (Kalegaonkar, Locke, Lehrich, 2008, p. 2). In the beginning the pharmaceutical industry saw substantial growth. “By the beginning of the 21st century, over 20,000 pharmaceutical companies were operating in India” (Kalegaonkar, Locke, Lehrich, 2008, p. 2). “The pharmaceutical industry in India is ranked third
The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) was established to set the standards for the manufacture, nomenclature, indications, and chemical characteristics of drugs and continues to do so today. In 1938, the Pure Food and Drug Act created the FDA, to ensure the, “safety, efficacy, and appropriate labeling and advertising of pharmaceutical products before approving them for sale” (Blum, 2002). Prescription drugs are developed and both pre-clinical and
Forecasts predict that by 2016 Pakistan will be the 11th largest pharmaceutical market in the Asia Pacific region, which is the major core world’s population and growth pole.
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Pharmaceutical sciences combine a broad range of scientific rules that are critical to the discovery and development of new therapies and drugs, and so in that saying, knowing this kind of information can help people around the world greatly in the future.
This report provides an analytical strategic review of the global pharmaceutical industry; its origin, evolution,