that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message rpg life sciences limited type public industry pharmaceuticals bio technology founded 1993 headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people ajit s. chouhan managing director 1 rajindrra patkar chief executive global formulations v k singh chief executive global generics api & biotech sachin raole senior vice president finance ratish jha senior vice president human resources revenue inr 163 crores march 2010 parent rpg enterprises website www.rpgls.com rpg life sciences rpgls is an indian pharmaceutical company . formerly known as searle india ltd rpg life sciences is part of rpg enterprises . 2 it has its corporate office in rpg house in worli mumbai . its three major activities are manufacturing and marketing of bulk drugs also known as api active pharmaceutical ingredients pharmaceutical formulation and fermentation & biotechnology . rpgls is present in the domestic as well as the international market . it exports its products primarily to europe latin america australia & south east asian countries . 3 contents 1 history 2 business 3 operations 4 infrastructure and r & d 5 products 6 see also 7 references history edit earlier known as searle india ltd rpgls started in 1968 as a joint venture with gd searle usa . in 1993 gd searle withdrew from india and sold its holdings to rpg group . the company s name was changed to rpg life sciences ltd effective 1 april 1999 . the company was in the business of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals . it divested the agrochemicals business in the year 2001 as per the strategic decision to focus on pharmaceuticals fermentation and biotechnology . business edit rpgls has presence in healthcare bio technology bulk drugs and generic business . three major activities of rpgls are manufacturing and marketing of bulk drugs synthetic active pharmaceutical ingredients & formulations internationally pharmaceutical formulations & domestic marketing and fermentation & biotechnology . the healthcare division is divided into the sertec and acumed speciality divisions . the former manufactures medications for critical & chronic ailments and the latter for chronic . the third division medillion markets generic formulations . a separate laboratory with qualified people in chemical engineering and physical chemistry is provided to develop newer and more efficient formulations . the bio technology business mainly focuses on fermentation products . the fermentation division was set up in 1998 as a new arm of the company to exclusively cater to high value life saving drugs produced by fermentation route using biotechnology . the division has established itself in markets in india and overseas for its apis and finished dosage forms . it exports its product in the markets brazil mexico ukraine & baltic states dominican republic peru s. korea china argentina . operations edit operations of rpgls is divided mainly into pharmaceutical formulation and fermentation and biotechnology . pharmaceutical formulation this division which manufacturing unit is located in ankleshwar in gujarat caters to the domestic market for formulations . the company has more than 50 products which cater to various therapeutic segments gastroenterology diabetes cardiology psychiatry anti infective antibiotics oncology etc. this business area is divided in two segments acumed catering to the acute illness ; and sertec catering to the chronic disease like diabetes hypertension psychiatry etc. the primary customers for the above products are doctors who in turn prescribe the products to patients . rpgls has a total strength of about 350 medical representatives and field staff who distribute the products . fermentation and biotechnology rpgls entered into the fermentation business with a selection of novel and unique products . the product list includes doxorubicin and epirubicin anticancer products ciclosporin a critical product used in organ transplant . rpgls is the only company in india manufacturing these products and among the handful of companies world wide with the technology to manufacture these life saving bulk drugs . citation needed infrastructure and r & d edit infrastructure rpgls employs 750 people . it is a multi location pharmaceutical manufacturing company with 4 locations . manufacturing unit at thane produces active pharmaceuticals ingredients also called as bulk drugs and is iso 9001 certified and has therapeutic goods administration tga australia and approval for 3 of its major products namely diphenoxylate hydrochloride haloperidol and propanthelene bromide . the formulation plant at ankleshwar gidc manufactures pharmaceuticals formulations for domestic as well as for exports and is iso 9002 and iso14001 certified . the site also has mhra medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency uk approved plant for catering to its global generic business . the second plant at ankleshwar makes api through fermentation route to cater to the biotech business . r & d process development abilities of the company have generated products that account for almost 70 % of the company s turnover . research & development at rpg life sciences is not just limited to developing and improving medications in fact it is the strength of the company . the chemical r & d where bulk activities are synthesized in housed in an ultra modern building covering about 15 000 sq ft 1 400 m2 . area . the company also has modern strain management laboratory . the strains used in production of biopharmaceuticals are continuously worked upon to improve their yields . among the many first s the company was able to develop several doxoubicin epirubicin pantoprazole clopidogrel resperidone sertralene lamotrigene and quinfadie drugs . the company has international process patents for resperidone and lamotrigene manufacturing processes . the major success of pharmaceutical formulation development was the designing of novel microemulsion technology of ciclosporin . international patent dubious discuss has been granted to the company for this formulation . the clinical trials in india and in other countries have been found very satisfactory . this product is expected to be the growth engine of company in the future . the other sustained and delayed release products have been developed and launched in india . as a part of global business activities several patent non infringing products have been developed launched to be launched in regulated markets of europe . launched criprofloxacin tablets azathioprine tablets to launch shortly lamotrigine formulation sertraline formulation products edit about 20 bulk drugs known as active pharmaceutical ingredients api are produced by rpgls in navi mumbai till date out of which 17 bulk drugs are through in house research . until the year 1997 98 there was no domestic sale of the bulk drugs by rpgls . in the year 1998 99 it entered the domestic market and in the year 2004 05 sales of bulk drugs in the domestic market reached rs .11 crores . rpgls achieved excellence in some of its business areas . it achieved 80 % market share in pantaprazole sodium bulk drugs and 50 % market share for clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate . it has also achieved excellence in manufacturing and marketing critical life saving drugs for treatment of cancer as well as organ transplants . rpgls is the only company in india and one of the few companies in the world manufacturing doxorubicin for treatment of cancer . doxorubicin the life saving anti cancer agent is a technological breakthrough . it is the first and the only doxorubicin manufacturing company in india who is utilizing the complex fermentation technology . the product has been well received both in the domestic and international markets . rpgls is also the only company in india manufacturing and marketing ciclosporin an equally critical organ transplant medicine using the novel fermentation technology . see also edit rpg life sciences corporate website profile of rpg life sciences on rpg enterprises corporate website rpg life sciences in media references edit rpg life sciences formulates growth plan . the hindu business line . 2010 07 13 . retrieved 2010 09 28 . rpg life sciences eyes private equity placement . hindustan times . 2009 07 27 . retrieved 2010 09 28 . 1 archived june 30 2007 at the wayback machine . v t e rpg group companies rpg group cesc limited ceat kec international zensar technologies nitel rpg life sciences spencer s retail foodworld sa re ga ma harrisons malayalam open magazine firstsource notable people r. p. goenka harsh goenka sanjeev goenka franchises atl tico de kolkata football rising pune supergiants cricket retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rpg life sciences & oldid 700905797 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