upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . december 2011 hindustan antibiotics limited type public pse industry pharmaceuticals founded 10 march 1954 pimpri headquarters pimpri maharashtra india key people mrs.neerja saraf managing director products antibiotics like penicillin streptomycin gentamicin amoxycillin revenue usd 12 million fy number of employees 1 500 slogan cure for millions care for all website www.hindantibiotics.gov.in hindustan antibiotics limited hal based in pimpri india is the first public sector drug manufacturing companies set up by the government of india . it was the first company in india to launch a recombinant dna product rhu erythropoietin hemax in 1993 . the company introduced new products like halpen haltax hexpan in 2008 . sati hiv drugs will be produced from september 2009 . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 in house developed products 3.1 health care 3.2 agricultural and veterinary 4 references 5 external links history edit hal was set up in cooperation with the who and unicef with the social objective of providing affordable drugs throughout india . it was inaugurated by india s first prime minister jawaharlal nehru on 10 march 1954 . production began in 1955 . it was based on mahatma gandhi s vision that the poor in india should get medicines at affordable rates . after reporting an operating loss in 1997 the company was reported to the bureau of industrial and financial restructuring bifr . on 17 january 2009 the company was taken off the books of the bifr after reporting a record turnover of 120 crore us 24 million . operations edit although the company s primary objective was to develop drugs for the health care industry the company has now diversified into the agricultural and veterinary areas as well . the manufacturing plant located in pimpri has facilities to produce bulk drugs capacity 60 mmu annually as well as formulations in various dosage forms injectables 132 million vials capsules 250 million tablets 120 million large volume parentrals clarification needed 12 million bottles annually liquid orals etc. in house developed products edit health care edit hamycin own research product ampicillin sodium benzyl penicillin potassium benzyl penicillin sodium benzathine penicillin longacillin cefuroxime sodium amoxycillin trihydrate delamin cefotaxime sodium haltax ceftriaxone sodium haxone meropenem halpen agricultural and veterinary edit aureofungin anti fungal used in preservation of the fruits and vegetables humaur bio organic foliar spray streptocycline antibacterial for effective control of diseases in plants azotomeal phosphomeal references edit 1 hindustan antibiotics now out of icu jan 18 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hindustan antibiotics & oldid 742419078 categories pharmaceutical companies of indiacompanies based in punegovernment owned companies of indiapharmaceutical companies established in 1954hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2011all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing clarification from february 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 16 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view