Pharmacy, and his business partner Shri Indravadan Modi. The company evolved over the next four decades into one of India’s established pharmaceutical companies.
In 1995 the Patel and Modi families split, with the Modi family’s share being moved into a new company called Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Cadila Healthcare became the Patel family’s holding company. Cadila Healthcare did its IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchangein 2000. Its stock code on the Bombay exchange is 532321.
In 2001 the company acquired another Indian pharmaceutical company called German Remedies. On June 25, 2007, the company signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent stake in Brazil’s Quimica e Farmaceutica Nikkho do Brasil Ltda (Nikkho) for around 26 million dollars.
In 2010, Cadila Pharmaceuticals received a prestigious Wellcome Trust Award under the new “R&D for Affordable Healthcare in India” initiative.
Corporate control
Zydus Cadila’s major shareholder remains the Patel family. Pankaj Patel (born 1951), son of the founder, is CEO. In 2004 Pankaj Patel was included by Forbes magazine in its annual List of India’s richest people. Forbes estimated Patel’s net worth at US$510m, making him India’s 26th richest person.[2] However in 2005 Patel dropped off the Forbes list due to a fall in the stock price of Cadila Healthcare. Moreover, there is a team of nine senior level executives, known as the Executive Committee, who are heads of different operations look after the overall management processes. None of the members except Pankaj Patel are on the Board of Directors. The Indian pharmaceutical industry has become the third largest producer in the world and is poised to grow into an industry of $ 20 billion in 2015 from the current turnover of $ 12 billion.