Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited

Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
Public Sector Company
Industry Pharmaceutical industry
Founded 1974
Headquarters Kalavoor, Kerala, India
Area served
 India
Key people
 Shri. C.B Chandrababu Chairman, Smt. S. SYAMALA Managing Director
Products Pharmaceuticals
Number of employees
 112
Website http://www.ksdp.co.in/

Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited (K.S.D.P) is a Kerala government undertaking,[1] established to manufacture essential and life-saving medicines primarily to cater the needs of Government hospitals in the state. K.S.D.P now supplies drugs to other Indian states, and also to the Jan Oushadi scheme of Government of India.[2] K.S.D.P was established in the year 1974 and is situated in Kalavoor, Alappuzha.[3]

Accreditation

The company received Good manufacturing practice (GMP) approval for its manufacturing facility from the World Health Organization.This would enable K.S.D.P to supply medicines to countries that follow quality standard based on GMP under the brand name of 'Kerala Generics'. These countries include African nations such as Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe, and Asian countries like Cambodia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Public sector undertakings in Kerala".
  2. ↑ Paul, Biju (18 December 2017). "Shot in the arm: KSDP set to export lifesaving drugs to world market". New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "KSDP".
  4. ↑ Babu, Gireesh (8 February 2018). "A languishing state-run drug maker pulls up its socks, is set to go global". Business Standard. Retrieved 25 May 2018.


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