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Kopran Limited was incorporated on April 26, 1958. The Company was promoted by the Somani group and is a group company of Parijat Enterprises. Company operates in two distinct business verticals. Company specialise in developing and manufacturing Penicillin and nonpenicillinbased drugs. Leveraging cuttingedge technology, it manufactures highquality finished dosage drugs that adhere to international requirements. Kopran is one of the key contributors in the manufacturing and sale of diverse active pharmaceutical ingredients and advanced intermediates. The range of APIs manufactured by the Company includes Sterile Cephalosporins and Carbapenems. The company came out with a public issue at a premium, in Nov.92, to finance its backward integration project to produce drug intermediates for semisynthetic drugs, and also to expand its antibiotic facility.Koprans bulk drug plant has been approved by the US FDA and the UK regulatory authorities. In 1995, the company was awarded the Quality Excellence award by the Indian Drug Manufacturers Association. Koprans high growth rate in exports has been recognised by a number of awards from CHEMEXCIL and the Ministry of Commerce.The company launched new products like AZ1 Caps, Klodip Tabs, Moclox Kid Tabs, Amyn Kid Tabs, TiniNF, Amyn Caps and Amyn Dry Syrup. Kopran entered into a joint venture with M/s Industrial Promotion Services Ltd to take over a running unit viz Kampala Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd in Uganda.The company has been ranked as amongst the top few fastest growing companies in India(ORG MargJune 2000). It closed down its manufacturing facility at Saki Naka, Andheri, Bombay. Globalpharma, a joint venture with Dubai Investments Corporation started commercial production in the first quarter of 2002.The company has increased its installed capacity of Liquids by 3.00 lakhs of Litres during 2001 and consequent of this capacity expansion the total installed capacity has gone up to 12.00 lakhs of Litres.The company has also increased its installed capacity of Tablets Capsules by 270 crores(Nos) and the total capacity has gone up to 1080 crores(Nos).In Feb. 2001, Kopran tied up with EMerck for comarketing a new antiinflammatory drug, Rofecoxib, in India. Rofecoxib is one of the fastmoving nonsteroid antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID), has been launched in the international market. The Company also launched Cholestat (Atorvastatin a cholesterol reducer) and further gave comarketing rights for Atorvastatin to EMerck (India). The company had launched new products in therapeutic groups like Asthma,Cardiology,Diabetes and Lifestyle products during 2003.The company has obtained approval from European Directorate for Quality of Medicines(EDQM) in September 2003. Upgradation of Formulation Manufacturing facility took place to meet with the latest International Regulatory Norms.The United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency(UK MHRA) is expected to inspect the facilities in the first quarter of 2004.Kopran Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the Company marketing the SMYLE brand of products was merged into the Company effective from 1st March, 2005. The Company introduced two new bulk drugs viz. Pregabalin and Cefditorin during the year 2007. The Company during the FY 201415 sold the Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (API) business on slump sale basis to its subsidiary Kopran Research Laboratories Ltd. at a consideration of Rs 110 Crores on 30th March, 2015. Similarly, the Consumer Care Division was sold w.e.f 1 April 2015.In FY 2023, the Company filed process patent applications for Nitroxoline in India, the EU and China. It received process patent for Nitroxoline in India and registered Nitroxoline in Germany. 14 new products launched during the year 2023. The Company further undertook the expansion of the multiproduct plant at the Mahad facility to manufacture new molecules in 2024. The Scheme of Amalgamation between Kopran Laboratories Limited and the Company has been approved in the Board Meeting held on March 20, 2025.