Pharmacists Association visits India’s largest phamaceutical Company

They were in India in March 2009 to visit the largest pharmaceutical company in India.

The Association of pharmacists in Cameroon has visited one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in India, Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. The visit took place in the month of March.
While in India, the group which was accompanied by Ranbaxy African Marketing Managers visited the state-of-the-art Research and Development centre of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. They also got in contact with important personalities in the medicine sector such as senior Ranbaxy officials like the Vice President and Head of Global Therapy Management, Dr Arun Purohit, and Associate Director of R&D, Dr Sushma Gupta.
The pharmacists were briefed on Ranbaxy’s strong presence and its significance in the R&D. It is worth noting that Ranbaxy is committed to combat the threat of counterfeit drugs and ensured the availability of quality drugs. A branch was created in Cameroon in 1988 and today according to the officials of Ranbaxy is among the top pharmaceutical companies in Cameroon providing a wide range of affordable quality products covering therapeutic areas like anti- infective, neutraceuticals pain, cardiovascular, among others. In the Minister of Health’s last visit of his services in the Littoral Region, Ranbaxy was one of the offices he visited.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited as earlier mentioned, is India’s largest pharmaceutical company and is an “integrated research based, international pharmaceutical company producing a wide range of quality, affordable generic medicines trusted by healthcare professionals and patients across geographies” stated a report from the Ranbaxy office. The company is serving its customers in over 125 countries and has international and affiliate joint ventures and alliances, ground operations in 49 countries and manufacturing operations in 11countries.
The Pharmacists appreciated the opportunity in having to visit the companies R&D centre which is located at Gurgaon, in the outskirts of New Delhi, India. They were accompanied by Arun Kumar Rajput, Pankaj Gulhane and Nitin Jain.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO