Malladi Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd is one of India 's most tradition conscious and ethically sound Pharmaceutical Company. Malladi Drugs was founded in 1980 by late Mr. M L N Sastry, a pioneering microbiologist with expertise in fermentation technology. Malladi is the leading manufacturer of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in the Cough and Cold segment along with a dominant presence in other therapeutic segments like Anti-histamines, Anti-convulsants, Anti-depressants and Anxiolytics (CNS) of the global pharmaceutical industry.