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Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (Ranbaxy), India’s largest pharmaceutical company, is an integrated, research based, international pharmaceutical company, producing a wide range of quality, affordable generic medicines, trusted by healthcare professionals and patients across geographies. Ranbaxy today has a presence in 23 of the top 25 pharmaceutical markets of the world. The Company has a global footprint in 46 countries, world-class manufacturing facilities in 7 countries and serves customers in over 125 countries.
In June 2008, Ranbaxy entered into an alliance with one of the largest Japanese innovator companies, Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd., to create an innovator and generic pharmaceutical powerhouse. The combined entity now ranks among the top 20 pharmaceutical companies, globally. The transformational deal will place Ranbaxy in a higher growth trajectory and it will emerge stronger in terms of its global reach and in its capabilities in drug development and manufacturing.
Ranbaxy (U.K.) Ltd. (RUKL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and it plays a significant role in Ranbaxy’s European presence.
RUKL has made considerable progress in enhancing its product portfolio and for securing the product basket by in-licensing products. Deals have been signed with various companies, for a number of different molecules in different therapeutic areas. These are over and above the in-house product pipeline and give further impetus to RUKL’s growth in the UK pharmaceuticals market.
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