Emcure Pharmaceuticals
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Emcure Pharmaceuticals headquartered at Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

 in West India
West India
West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire before...

 is a vertically integrated Indian pharmaceutical company. The company's products include Tablet
Tablet
A tablet is a pharmaceutical dosage form. It comprises a mixture of active substances and excipients, usually in powder form, pressed or compacted from a powder into a solid dose...

s, Capsules ( both Softgel
Softgel
A softgel is an oral dosage form for medicine similar to capsules. They consist of a gelatin based shell surrounding a liquid fill. Softgel shells are a combination of gelatin, water, opacifier and a plasticiser such as glycerin and/or sorbitol....

 capsules and hard-gel capsules), and injectables. Emcure has proven capabilities to research, develop and supply finished formulations to the most demanding needs of the global regulated markets.

Indian plants

  • Solid Dosage facility at Hinjwadi - In 2006, Emcure received US FDA approval for its solid dosages facility at Hinjwadi
    Hinjawadi
    Hinjewadi or Hinjawadi or Hinjwadi was a small village on the NH4 bypass around the City of Pune in India. Now it's the Place for Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park housing around 20 software companies as listed below....

    , Pune. The plant manufactures solid oral formulations for the international regulated markets. With this approval, the facility has accreditation from US FDA, UK MHRA, WHO Geneva and MCC South Africa

  • Small volume parenterals facility at Hinjwadi - USFDA and UK MHRA approved. Has lyophilization and pfs capability

  • Onco injectable facility at Hinjwadi

  • Solid Orals facilities at Jammu
    Jammu
    Jammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...

     and Bhosari
    Bhosari
    Bhosari is a prominent place in Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune district of Maharashtra state, India.-History:The original name of Bhosari is Bhojapur, which was the capital of King Bhoj, a well-known king who ruled central parts of India two thousand years ago...


  • API manufacturing facility at Kurkumbh - USFDA approved

  • Biotech facility at Hinjwadi

US plant

USA - The company has a manufacturing facility and R&D centre at East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Key products

Pharma Division
1. Orofer XT ( Ferrous Ascorbate)
2. Emsulide P
3. Asomex (Chirally pure S-amlodipine)
4. Pause (Tranexemic Acid)
5. Infen (Dexketoprofen)
6. Dexpure
7. Xplod
8. Metpure
9. C-zid
10. Velidex
11. Exhep

AIDS Initiative

Emcure voices its concerns on HIV/AIDS through its "Let's fight AIDS together" initiative and supplies Antiretroviral drugs to Africa, Asia Pacific and CIS. As a part of its corporate social responsibility it supports 'Taal', a pharmacy for HIV/AIDS patients run by HIV/AIDS patients.

Emcure has license agreements with Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb , often referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989, following the merger of its predecessors Bristol-Myers and the Squibb Corporation...

 for Atazanavir
Atazanavir
Atazanavir, marketed under the trade name Reyataz by Bristol Myers, is an antiretroviral drug of the protease inhibitor class...

  and Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics. For many years since the company was founded, the company concentrated primarily on antiviral drugs to treat patients infected with HIV, hepatitis B or influenza. In 2006, Gilead acquired two...

 for Tenofovir as part of their Global Access Programs.

Group Companies

  • Emcure USA http://www.emcureusa.com/
  • Gennova http://www.emcure.co.in/group_Gennova.asp
  • Zuventus http://www.zuventus.co.in:8080/jsp/default.jsp

External links

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