Ranbaxy Laboratories

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPharmaceuticals
Founded1961 (1961)
FoundersRanbir Singh
Gurbax Singh
Defunct2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FateAcquired by Sun Pharma
SuccessorSun Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters,
India
Key people
  • Arun Sawhney (CEO, Ranbaxy Laboratories)
  • Joji Nakayama(CEO, Daiichi Sankyo)
Number of employees
10,983 (2012)[1]
ParentSun Pharmaceuticals

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited was an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that was incorporated in India in 1961 and remained an entity until 2014. The company went public in 1973. Ownership of Ranbaxy changed twice over the course of its history.

In 2008, Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo acquired a controlling share in Ranbaxy[2] and in 2014, Sun Pharma acquired 100% of Ranbaxy in an all-stock deal. The Sun Pharma acquisition brought all new management to Ranbaxy, which had been laden with controversy (see Controversies below). Sun is the world's fifth largest specialty generic pharmaceutical company.[3]

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ Matsuyama, Kanoko; Chatterjee, Saikat (11 June 2008). "Daiichi to Take Control of Ranbaxy for $4.6 Billion (Update3) - Bloomberg". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg LP. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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