VHB GROUP BAGS THREE PRESTIGIOUS PHARMA LEADERSHIP AWARDS

(SANEPR.com) April 20, 2009 -- 18th April, 2009: The “Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit 2009 with the timely theme of “Destination India – Challenges & Opportunities,” saw 40 powerful Speakers and 300 stalwarts from the pharmaceutical Industry in addition to high ranking bureaucrats and trade professionals deliberate on many crucial topics of significance to the industry organized to fund Akshaya Patra, World’s Largest NGO run school Meal Program. The summit was held recently in Mumbai. Dr Kamatkar & Mr Ramteke urged the industry to maintain the highest quality standards in manufacturing and a series of debate on Marketing, Clinical Trials, Drug discovery were deliberated. The Summit is being organized in association with Industry's leading associations like OPPI, IDMA, PHARMEXCIL and IPA. The summit also saw the felicitation of some of the stalwarts and achievers who have made much difference to the Industry and have contributed tremendously to its growth. Mr D B Gupta CMD Lupin Labs Ltd, Mr Samprada Singh CMD Alkem Labs Ltd and Mr Jagdish Saxena CMD Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd were also felicitated for their outstanding contribution to the pharma industry.

Shri Ramesh C. Bhagat
Born in 1936, in a small town of Surat in Gujarat, Shri Rameshchandra Bhagat, a deep lover of human race, made his entry into the pharmaceutical industry in the early days of post independence era, when the industry in India itself was in its infancy.
Seeing tyhe non-availability of essential life saving medicines in India, he started importing into india, many first time in India life saving anticancer molecules, neuro molecules and thrombolytes and cardiac molecules that were not available in India, at affordable prices to the common man.
Besides these he aggresively introduced for the first time in India, by importing the oral polio vaccine and many more vaccines in India.
As a great lover of humanity, Shri R.C.Bhagat cherished the ideal that Medicines were for the people and not for profits.
In times of calamities and catastrophies, this champion of poor, contributed lavishly for the needy, During Tsunami, plague epidemic and the earthquate tragedy in Gujarat, he was always leading from the front, helping as much he can.
Today as the 2nd generation takes over to continue his legacy and his mission through VHB group, we take great pleasure in honouring this great doyen with a life time achinevement award.


VHB group with a turn over of 450+ crores, entered into manufacturing niche pharmaceutical formulations with its 5 indepedent factories situated in the foot hills of uttarkhand. Thsi world class manufacturing facility has been appreciated and lauded globally by one and all in the industry. Besided the fully furctional anti cancer, cephalosporin, specialised life saving mdiecine plant, carbopenem and Hormone plants, VHB groups has aggresive plans to start a seperate vaccine plant and blood product plant. With more focus on niche molecules VHB group has gained high visibility in all leading Institutions across India and leading Medical practitioners. VHB group has 3500+ VBHians and is aggressively and strategically positioned with sizable presence in all regulated markets of the world. 15 of its brands occupy top ranking. We have great pride in presenting this award to VHB Medisciences Limited.

MS ANJU GUPTA KAUDANYA
Born in 1973, this dynamic young CEO and MD of VHB Medisciences Limited, started her career with VHB group as a trainee in 1992 at her age of 18, and through her hardwork and dedication earned the highest position in the organisation. Her leadership witnessed dramatic growth and through her aggressive positioning and strategy the organisation won many laurels and awards.
Under her dynamic leadership VHB bagged prestigious ASSOCHAM AWARDS in the category of India’s Fastest Growing Pharmaceutical Company in the year 2007.