Pharma exports from Gujarat grow six-fold in last decade

Gujarat houses nearly 135 licensed medical devices manufacturers in the country

Pharma exports from Gujarat have grown six-fold in the last decade crossing the $3 billion mark in 2016, according to state government officials here.

Gujarat, counted among the leading pharmaceutical manufacturing hubs in the country with an almost 35 per cent share in national production and around 28 per cent share in pharma exports, has registered a six-fold growth in pharma exports from the state in the last decade; from $ 562 million in 2006 to $3 billion in 2016.

H G Koshia, commissioner of Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) informed that pharma exports have crossed $ 3 billion from