Founded by Shri I.A. Modi, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is one of the largest privately held pharmaceutical companies in India, headquartered at Ahmedabad, in the State of Gujarat. Over the last six decades, the company has been developing and manufacturing pharmaceutical products in India and selling and distributing these in over hundred other countries around the world. Focused strongly on Innovation and Research, the company is present in more than forty-five therapeutic areas spread across twelve specialities, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, analgesics, haematinics, anti-infectives and antibiotics, respiratory agents, antidiabetics and immunologicals. At Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Research and Development is at the core of all its initiatives, be it Biotechnology, APIs, Formulations, Plant Tissue Culture or Phytochemistry. More than 300 scientists in its various Research and Development setups reinforce the competitiveness of research in the therapeutic areas which have high unmet medical needs. Cadila Pharmaceuticals Excellence in manufacturing facilities is central to Cadila Pharmaceuticals. The companyÍs formulations manufacturing plant at Dholka near Ahmedabad, Gujarat is spread over hundred acres of land. This state-of-the- art facility is not only impressive in size, but is also USFDA approved. The second formulations manufacturing facility is located at Samba in Jammu and Kashmir. The facility meets most of the stringent quality standards across the globe to produce tablets, capsules, soft and hard gelatin capsules, liquids and orals. Two Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing units at Ankleshwar, Gujarat manufacture a wide range of APIs and intermediates including many USFDA-certified products. The company has strong foothold in the African continent through its formulation manufacturing facility at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.