Chemical & Pharma

Pharmaceutical Sector Landscape of Maharashtra – Sector Capabilities

20% Contribution to India’s pharma exports
40 (Highest) Total number of Pharma Clusters
20-20% Percentage of Drugs and Pharma in FDI
59 US FDA approved plants
47 EU approved facilities
468 WTO GMP Holding Pharma units
Accounts for more than 3800 pharma units out of the 7673 industries in the pharma clusters of India*
Largest exporter of pharmaceuticals and medical devices in the country.
8 Key Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices hubs like Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad & Nashik
Pharma Export Promotion Council, 2 SEZs and 935 Pharmacy colleges
Has Serum Institute of India, India’s largest vaccine manufacturer
Maharashtra contributes to 14% of the domestic pharmaceutical production has a share of 20-25% of India’s pharmaceutical exports.
Contributes 11% to the Indian Pharma market (IPM) and the growth in Pharma sales in Maharashtra is above industry average.

347 bulk drug units, 693 formulation units and various manufacturing units with major Pharma hubs in Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad and Mumbai forming state’s Pharma quadrilateral

Chemical Sector Landscape of Maharashtra – Sector Capabilities

7% Share in GSDP
15% Share in Industrial GSDP
12% Contribution to India’s Inorganic Chemicals exports
18% Contribution to India’s Organic Chemicals exports
25% Contribution to India’s fertilizers exports
State’s chemical industry covers vast sub sectors including petrochemicals, agrochemicals, dyes, fertilizers and specialty chemicals.
Dedicated Institutes for Courses in Chemicals includes IIT Bombay, ICT Mumbai, NCL Pune, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

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