- CEO
- Manish Dhanuka
- Full Time Employees
- 1,461
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- SIDCO Industrial Estate Narsinghpur HA India 603110
- IPO Date
- Sep 6, 1993
- Business
- Orchid Pharma Limited, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Chennai, India, develops, manufactures and markets active pharmaceutical ingredients, primarily cephalosporin antibiotics across all five generations, and finished dosage forms including oral solids, injectables and suspensions for human and veterinary use; it operates as a vertically integrated export-oriented unit with facilities in Tamil Nadu and Jammu, serving regulated markets in the United States, Europe and other regions through a global customer base that includes pharmaceutical companies and healthcare institutions. The company specializes in anti-infectives targeting infections such as urinary tract infections, pneumonia, skin infections and multi-drug resistant bacteria, with key products encompassing sterile cephalosporins, beta-lactam APIs, key starting materials like 7-ACA, and innovative therapies including the novel chemical entity Enmetazobactam combined with Cefepime (marketed as EXBLIFEP globally and Orblicef in India), which received USFDA, EMA and DCGI approvals for treating complicated infections. Orchid Pharma, a subsidiary of Dhanuka Laboratories Limited, maintains USFDA, MHRA, EDQM and GMP certifications, invests significantly in R&D (approximately 6-10% of revenue), and generates the majority of its sales from cephalosporin APIs supplemented by formulations and contract services. Recent developments include the acquisition of full global rights to Enmetazobactam from Allecra Therapeutics' assets in 2024-2025 following partner insolvency, enabling worldwide licensing and direct commercialization; the launch of the Orchid Anti-Microbial Stewardship division targeting Rs 250-300 crore revenue through hospital collaborations; NCLT approval of the first motion for merging Dhanuka Laboratories to create a combined entity with over Rs 1,500 crore revenue; Rs 600 crore greenfield investment under the PLI scheme for a 7-ACA facility in Jammu; Rs 150 crore state-of-the-art injectables facility in partnership with GARDP; capacity expansions in oral APIs; and USFDA issuance of a Voluntary Action Indicated status post-inspection in 2025.