Hetero Drugs
Pharmaceuticals | |
Founded | 1993 |
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Founder | Dr BPS Reddy |
Headquarters | Hyderabad, India |
Key people | Dr Vamsi Krishna Reddy Bandi |
Number of employees | Over 22,000 |
Website | www.hetero.com |
Hetero Drugs is an Indian
Operations
Hetero group employs over 21,000 people. Hetero is a player in the
Hetero has supplied antiretroviral drugs to patients across more than 100 countries globally.[2]
Today,
Hetero also produces hepatitis C antivirals such as Sofovir (sofosbuvir) and Ledifos (a fixed-dose combination of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir).[citation needed]
Company structure
Hetero Group's subsidiaries include Hetero Drugs, Hetero Labs, Hetero Research Foundation, Genx Laboratories and also foreign subsidiaries such as Camber Pharmaceuticals in the United States,[3] Hetero Europe in Europe, Amarox Pharma Global in Indonesia, and Richmond Labs in Argentina. The group is also investing in the wind power industry with a goal to reach 1000 megawatts by 2017.[4]
2009 Swine flu outbreak
In 2009, as the
Hetero delivered 10 million doses of Oseltamivir to the Indian government in 2009,[6] and shipped about 80 million doses to over 60 countries.[7] Hetero received its second order from Indian government to supply another 10 million doses of Oseltamivir later in 2009.[8]
COVID-19 experimental drugs
The company has launched the generic version of experimental
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ":: Welcome to Hetero ::". Heterodrugs.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ Walsh, James D. (19 February 2024). "The Empty Adderall Factory". Intelligencer. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Hetero Windpower". Hetero. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Swine flu: Centre taps Hetero for generic Tamiflu supplyArchived 30 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Khomba Singh, ET Bureau 5 May 2009, 12.03am IST (5 May 2009). "Hetero bags mega chunk of govt's anti-flu drug deal - Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Hyderabad pharma cos cash in on Swine-Flu fever". Moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ Khomba Singh, ET Bureau 22 August 2009, 03.02am IST (22 August 2009). "Hetero bags deal for 10 m Tamiflu - Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Covid-19: Hyderabad-based Hetero Labs Ltd prices generic version of remdesivir at Rs 5,400 per vial". The Indian Express. 25 June 2020.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Das, Sohini (27 November 2020). "Hetero Labs to manufacture 100 mn doses of Sputnik V vaccine for India". Business Standard India. Retrieved 28 November 2020.