Torrent Pharmaceuticals
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Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited | |
Type | Public (BSE: TORRENTPH) |
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Founded | 1959 |
Headquarters | Ahmedabad, India |
Key people | Sudhir Mehta, Chairman |
Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
Revenue | INR 10 billion (2006) |
Net income | INR 0.6 billion (2006) |
Employees | 4000 (2006) |
Slogan | not just healthcare... lifecare |
Website | www.torrentpharma.com/ |
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is the flagship company of the Torrent Group. Based in Ahmedabad, it was promoted by U. N. Mehta initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd. and was later renamed to its current name Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals operates in more than 50 countries with over 1000 product registrations globally. Moreover, it has 5 fully owned subsidiares:
- Torrent do Brasila in Brazil
- Torrent Pharma Gmbh in Germany
- Torrent Pharma Ltd. in the Philippines
- Zao Torrent in Russia
- Torrent Pharma Inc. in USA
Torrent Pharmaceuticals acquired Heumann Gmbh, a Pfizer group company in 2005.