It's seldom we find an organization whose mission is to be in a business that would touch and make the lives of many people better. Arvind Remedies Ltd is one such company that was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in the year 1988 with a vision to become a global player in the Pharmaceutical Industry by manufacturing and marketing Quality Treatments both in Allopathy and Ayurveda, With its focus on Total Quality Management, ARL went on to establish its name in the domestic and global markets.

Mr.Arvind Shah, Managing Director and CEO, Arvind Remedies Ltd, who is a first generation entrepreneur having over 2 decades of experience says, "With the market size of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry being around Rs.20, 000 Crores, growing at the rate of 15% per annum, we at ARL foresee a bright future".

Within a span of few years, ARL rapidly established its name in India and bagged prestigious clients including Defence Establishments, ESI, CGHS, State Governments, Public Sector Companies, P&T, Railways and World Bank Projects, etc., to name a few. In 1996, ARL went public and is listed at major Stock Exchanges in India. Today, ARL is a profit-making, dividend-paying Company with an annual turnover of Rs.I00 Crores.

BUSINESS AT ITS BEST

ARL's state-of-the-art Manufacturing facility and sophisticated Research & Development Lab, spread across 40,000 sq.ft, at Kakkalur, 45 Kms from Chennai, has been certified with GMP, under WHO norms. This factory manufactures pharmaceutical products in various dosages, like Tablets, Capsules, Liquids, Ointments, Creams, Suspensions, Dry Syrups, liquids in addition to Ayurvedic and Herbal Products;
ARL's core business is manufacturing and marketing its wide range of quality pharmaceutical products focusing on Ethical, Institutional, International, Over the Counter and Branded Generics & Generics business segments.

Recently, ARL has developed and launched a holistic drug, "PANKARE", based on a herbal formulation as enunciated in Ayurvedic, which is a comprehensive combination of nine Sanjeevinis and offers restoration, regeneration and rejuvenation of pancreatic beta cells.

The selected herbs in "PANKARE" are scientifically and clinically proven to possess anti-diabetic properties by acting upon the pancreas by restoration and regeneration of pancreatic beta cells activity. The ingredients have also been found to possess antioxidant, anti-hypertensive and hypocholesterolmic properties in addition to the anti-diabetic property.

Among its other innovative initiatives, ARL has developed a product called "SOREXIL" which cures bedsores and chronic ulcers; ailments that hitherto had no cure.

With the success of the present Business and acceptance of its products by the medical fraternity, ARL is developing new products both in Allopathy and Ayurveda in the Therapy areas of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dermatology, Nutrition, Pain Management and Gynecology.

Having the success of the domestic market behind it, ARL has forged ahead past the horizon to rise up in the International market too. ARL exports its products, to Africa, Commonwealth Of Independent States and Asia.

The Future

The world is looking towards India for innovative Herbal Products and ARL through its R & D team is working on new Herbal Research Products, which will be marketed in the country and in the International market. The implementation of GATT agreement in India by the year 2005 opens up huge possibilities for Generic & Branded Generic Business as most of the existing products of the Company will be out of Patent by that time.

After being so successful, what is Arvind Remedies looking for in the future?

To export to the highly profitable and high growth US and European markets and secondly, to set up a sophisticated manufacturing facility measuring up to US FDA, MCA of UK and TGA or Australia Standards. With its core value being Quality and Consistency - the two traits that are a must to become a successful Pharmaceutical company, the future looks bright for Arvind Remedies and we should only salute them for being one of the "Pride of Tamilnadu".