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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Hindustan Antibiotics Limited<br />
| logo = Hindustan Antibiotics (logo).png<br />
| logo_size = 106px<br />
| type = [[Statute|Statutory Corporation]]<br />
| foundation = 10 March 1954<br />
| location = [[Pimpri]], [[Pune]], [[India]]<br />
| key_people = Mrs.Neerja saraf(MD & CEO)<br />
| owner = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]], [[Government of India]]<br />
| num_employees = 1,500<br />
| industry = [[Pharmaceuticals]]<br />
| products = Antibiotics like Penicillin <br /> Streptomycin <br /> Gentamicin <br /> Amoxycillin<br />
| revenue = [[USD]] 12 million ([[Fiscal year|FY]])<br />
| homepage = [http://www.hindantibiotics.in www.hindantibiotics.in]<br />
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'''Hindustan Antibiotics Limited''' ('''HAL'''), based in Pune, India, is the first [[Government of India|government-owned-drug manufacturer]] under the [[ownership]] of [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]], [[Government of India]]. It was the first [[Government of India|government corporation]] in India to launch a recombinant DNA product, rHU-[[Erythropoietin]] (Hemax) in 1993. The [[Government of India|government corporation]] introduced new products like Halpen, Haltax, Hexpan in 2008. Sati-HIV drugs will be produced from September 2009.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/story_print.php?storyId=412127] Hindustan Antibiotics now out of ICU: 18 January 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920174143/http://www.expressindia.com/story_print.php?storyId=412127 |date=20 September 2012 }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
HAL was set up in cooperation with the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] and [[UNICEF]] with the social objective of providing affordable drugs throughout India. It was inaugurated by India's first Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] on 10 March 1954. Production began in 1955. It was based on [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s vision that the poor in India should get medicines at affordable rates.<br />
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After reporting an operating loss in 1997 the company was reported to the [[Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction|Bureau of Industrial and Financial Restructuring]] (BIFR). On 17 January 2009 the company was taken off the books of the BIFR after reporting a record turnover of [[Indian rupee|₹]] 120 crore (US$24 million).<br />
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==Operations==<br />
Although the company's primary objective was to develop drugs for the health-care industry, the company has now diversified into the agricultural and veterinary areas as well. The manufacturing plant located in Pimpri has facilities to produce bulk drugs (capacity 60 MMU annually) as well as formulations in various dosage forms – injectables (132 million vials), capsules (250 million), tablets (120 million), large volume parentrals{{Clarify|date=February 2014|reason=What should this word be?}} (12 million bottles annually), liquid orals, etc.<br />
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==In-house developed products==<br />
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===Health care===<br />
* Hamycin (own research product)<br />
* Ampicillin Sodium <br />
* Benzyl Penicillin Potassium<br />
* Benzyl Penicillin Sodium<br />
* Benzathine Penicillin (Longacillin)<br />
* Cefuroxime Sodium<br />
* Amoxycillin Trihydrate (Delamin)<br />
* Cefotaxime Sodium (Haltax)<br />
* Ceftriaxone Sodium (Haxone)<br />
* Meropenem (Halpen)<br />
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===Agricultural and veterinary===<br />
* Aureofungin (anti-fungal used in preservation of the fruits and vegetables)<br />
* Humaur (bio-organic foliar spray)<br />
* Streptocycline (antibacterial for effective control of diseases in plants)<br />
* Azotomeal<br />
* Phosphomeal<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.hindantibiotics.in/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Pharmaceutical companies established in 1954]]<br />
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