Cipla
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Cipla Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai. Cipla primarily focuses on developing medication to treat respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, paediatric and various other medical conditions. Cipla has 47 manufacturing locations across the world and sells its products in 86 countries. It is the third-largest drug producer in India.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Cipla Limited
- Company.logo
- Cipla logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.trading_name
- Cipla
- Company.former_name
- Chemical Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. (1935–1984)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- NSE NIFTY 50 constituent
- Company.founder
- Khwaja Abdul Hamied
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Company.revenue
- (2025)
- Company.operating_income
- (2025)
- Company.net_income
- (2025)
- Company.assets
- (2025)
- Company.equity
- (2025)
- Company.num_employees
- 27,764 (March 2024)
- Company.subsid
- Invagen Pharmaceuticals
- Company.homepage
- www.cipla.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1935
- Location
- Mumbai, India
- Also known as
- The Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.461956.9 · ISNI 0000 0004 1766 8058
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Products and services
- Operations
- Listings and shareholding
- Awards and recognitions
- Criticism
- Emergency contraception
- Generic drugs
- See also
- References
- External links
Cipla Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai. Cipla primarily focuses on developing medication to treat respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, paediatric and various other medical conditions. Cipla has 47 manufacturing locations across the world and sells its products in 86 countries. It is the third-largest drug producer in India.
==History == After meeting Mahatma Gandhi in the early 1920s, Khwaja Abdul Hamied decided to contribute to the Swadeshi movement by pursuing a doctorate in chemistry. In 1935, Hamied founded Cipla as the Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Mumbai. During World War II, the company became the largest supplier of quinine and Vitamin B12 for Allied soldiers. The company name shortened to its current form in July 1984. Upon Hamied's death in 1972, his son Yusuf Hamied, a Cambridge-educated chemist, took over the company.