Published on October 19, 2015

Pharma market in India is expected to reach at INR 90,000 crore till end of the year 2015, with an expansion of 12%.  It is estimated that approximately 27-30% of Indian’s Pharmaceutical market is provided to by multinational operating in India and around 460,000 people are estimated to be employed in the pharmaceutical industry.

Top 20 companies account for 64% of the market. 8 out of the top 20 are mounting faster than the market; with Macleoids topping the list with 23.4 growth followed by Intas with 21.3%, Cilpa 19.7%, Glenmark over 19.4% growth, etc.

Moreover, Indian pharma export reached at USD 15.2 billion in 2014-1015. There were M&A activities in the industry that accounted for $ 5.78billion with increased of around 44.5% in evaluation to 2013. Indian drugs exported to more than 200 countries in world.

Indian Pharma sector is the largest provider of generic medicines globally and expected to increase even further in approaching Year.