Strategic Aspects of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

In this chapter researcher goes through the history, over all development of Indian pharmaceutical industry, constitution, structure and challenges in front of Indian pharmaceutical industry as a whole and regulatory frame work. Producing pharmaceuticals is complex requiring, reliable high quality supply of raw materials, technical expertise, stable supply of electricity, gas and other utilities. In addition to that adequate supply of human resources with PhD level scientist, process /regulatory expertise with an absolute infrastructure to produce pharmaceutical 's overall. These all means available now but when the first Indian pharmaceutical company M/s Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works, which is still, exists today as one of 5 governments - owned drug manufacturers appeared in Calcutta (Now KOLKATA).