| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health Care |
| Founded | 1966, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Key people | M. Ayyappan, Chairman & Managing Director |
| Products | Condoms Hormonal contraception Surgical Equipment |
| Revenue | INR 244 crores (FY 2005-2006) |
| Website | www.lifecarehll.com |
HLL Lifecare Limited (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited) (HLL) is an Indian healthcare products manufacturing company based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. A Government of India -owned corporation (Public-sector undertaking), it produces health care products, including condoms, blood bags, and contraceptive pills. One of HLL's contraceptive products is ormeloxifene, branded as Saheli, a non-hormonal non-steroid weekly oral contraceptive. [1]
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Earlier Hindustan Lever Limited, had the same acronym HLL. But Hindustan Lever Limited changed their name as Hindustan Unilever Limited with acronym as HUL. Today HLL means HLL Lifecare Limited.
In 2005, it established LifeSpring Hospitals, a 50-50 joint venture with the Acumen Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit global venture philanthropy fund, to provide low-cost maternity services, starting at Hyderabad, today it has nine hospitals across Andhra Pradesh state today.[2][3][4]