- CEO
- Jagdishprasad G. Agrawal
- Full Time Employees
- 17
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: other
- Address
- 401, 3rd Eye II Ahmedabad GU India 380006
- IPO Date
- Sep 17, 1993
- Business
- Ishita Drugs and Industries Limited (ISHITADR.BO), the flagship company of the Ishita Group, manufactures and sells active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), drug intermediates, fine chemicals, and excipients primarily in India and exports to over 25 countries. Incorporated in 1992 and headquartered near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the company produces a range of products including sulfa drugs and sulfonamides such as sulfanilamide and sulfathiazole; vitamins and derivatives like nicotinic acid, niacin, nicotinamide, and methyl nicotinate; excipients such as citric acid monohydrate, maize starch, sodium starch glycolate (Pumojel brand from potato and maize starch), sodium chloride, and potassium chloride; as well as pyrazinamide, fluoroquinolones, antibiotics, anthelmintics, iodides, citrates, and other fine chemicals like hexa methyl disilazane, pyridine hydrobromide, ethyl 3a benzoyl acrylate, and 4,4' dimethyl benzil. Its manufacturing facilities, designed to GMP standards and ISO 9001:2015 certified, are located in Gujarat at Vasana-Iyava near Sanand (Ahmedabad district), Surendranagar, and Mehsana for APIs, intermediates, and formulations, serving leading pharmaceutical companies with audited quality compliance. Recent developments include an ongoing manufacturing facility upgrade to comply with Revised Schedule M regulations, with civil construction expenditures of approximately Rs 50 lakhs as of September 2025 amid monsoon delays; approval of related party transactions with Ishita Pharmaceuticals and Anvi Lifesciences Private Limited; reappointment of independent director Arvind Vilasrao Sapkal for a second five-year term; and a board proposal to pursue new business opportunities within its memorandum of association, alongside mixed quarterly financial results showing Q2 FY2026 revenue growth but net profit decline.