Our Timeless Core Values

Our Timeless Core Values are a Pillar of Strength and ENSURES OUR LONGEVITY.

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Overview of Torrent Pharma

Torrent Pharma, the flagship Company of Torrent Group is one of the leading pharma companies of the Country. The Company was a pioneer in initiating the concept of niche marketing in India and today is ranked amongst the leaders in therapeutic segment of cardiovascular (CV), central nervous system (CNS), gastro-intestinal (GI) and women healthcare (WHC). The Company also has significant presence in diabetology, pain management, gynaecology, oncology and anti-infective segments. Torrent Pharma's competitive advantage stems from the world-class manufacturing facilities, advanced R & D capabilities, extensive domestic network and a widespread global presence in over 40 countries.

The acquisition of Elder Pharma's Indian branded business in 2013, Dermaceutical business of Zyg Pharma in 2015, API plant of Glochem Industries in 2016, women healthcare brands from Novartis, Unichem's Indian branded business along with its Sikkim Plant in 2017 and Curatio in 2022 strengthened Torrent Pharma's position in the Indian Pharma market.

Torrent Pharma started international acquisitions in 2005 with 90 year old Heumann from Pfizer to enter the German market. Later on purchased ANDA of Minocycline from Ranbaxy for the US Market in 2015.

Torrent Pharma is committed towards “Not just healthcare but lifecare”.

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Torrent Group

The Torrent Group, founded by Late Mr. U. N. Mehta in 1959 and currently lead by Mr. Sudhir Mehta and Mr. Samir Mehta, is a driving force dedicated to transforming life.

It was five decades ago that Mr. U. N. Mehta embarked on a journey called Torrent for a simple cause and a unique sense of purpose - ‘Happiness for All’. A medical representative with an exemplary vision, he ventured out on his own by making niche marketing as his core competency. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Torrent lives up to the literal meaning- ‘Rushing Stream’, especially in the way it conceives products and services, which transform life. Over the years, the Torrent Group has remained focused on Healthcare and Power - two crucial sectors without which modern life is unimaginable. The Torrent Group today is not just spreading care, hope and happiness across the world, it is also empowering the people and lighting up their lives.The Torrent Group, founded by Late Mr. U. N. Mehta in 1959 and currently lead by Mr. Sudhir Mehta and Mr. Samir Mehta, is a driving force dedicated to transforming life.

It was five decades ago that Mr. U. N. Mehta embarked on a journey called Torrent for a simple cause and a unique sense of purpose - ‘Happiness for All’. A medical representative with an exemplary vision, he ventured out on his own by making niche marketing as his core competency. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Torrent lives up to the literal meaning- ‘Rushing Stream’, especially in the way it conceives products and services, which transform life. Over the years, the Torrent Group has remained focused on crucial sectors without which modern life is unimaginable. The Torrent Group today is not just spreading care, hope and happiness across the world, it is also empowering the people and lighting up their lives.

The Group’s governance philosophy has always emphasized people and society over everything else, more particularly in times of distress and stands committed to doing all that it can during the time of national crisis. Recently, Torrent Group announced its support of Rs. 100 crores to strengthen the Government’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout on poorer sections of our society. This contribution was made to the PM-CARES Fund and for various initiatives such as providing essential medicines to various Govt. hospitals free of cost, contributions to State Government relief funds, contributions to NGOs doing grassroots work to address the issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, provision of PPEs to healthcare workers and our own direct efforts to contain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the vulnerable sections of society. In addition to the above, Torrent Group ensured that its employees (including thousands of contract and construction workers working under our contractors) were paid full wages for the entire duration of the lockdown and the entire cost of the same was borne by the Group.During COVID-19 pandemic, Torrent Group had announced its support of Rs. 100 crores to strengthen the Government’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout on poorer sections of our society.

Be it finding a cure for fatal diseases or ambitious power generation projects; or setting new standards in transmission and distribution; breakthrough pharma discoveries; or setting up new milestones in EV charging infrastructure, city gas distribution network; green hydrogen initiatives; new-age pumped storage hydro projects; or 24X7 customer care initiatives - Torrent has a strong infrastructure in place to ensure that we are always at the centre of the movement towards a better life.

Torrent Founder

U N Mehta - Founder

Mr. Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta. Words alone will not suffice to describe the Founder- Chairman of the Torrent Group, who was a great businessman, a philanthropist and above all, a noble human being. For this moving spirit behind the Rs 37,600-Crore Torrent Group, the immense contribution to the corporate landscape of Gujarat was a culmination of years of grit, perseverance and hard work.

With his Gandhian approach to business management, he was a rare potent mix of empathy and benevolence that blurs the horizon between business and community service.

The journey of Mr. U. N. Mehta, from being a medical representative with Sandoz, back in the 1940s, to laying the foundation of a diversified conglomerate, is a long yet rewarding one. Understanding the pulse of the medical fraternity, he identified and realized the ways in which they could be served best. He pioneered the concept of niche marketing at a time when others focused on the masses. Despite the initial failures and setbacks, he never let his morale down and persisted in his efforts. His philosophy in life was ‘It is pardonable to aim high and miss, but it is not pardonable to aim low.’

Mr. U. N. Mehta was one of those rare corporate leaders in Gujarat, who also understood the importance of having a good interface between business and community service. Perhaps that explains Mr. Mehta’s endeavours to establish and maintain robust relationship with the society. Besides the Torrent Group, he is also the guiding force behind many institutions that works for the betterment of the society at large. Conferred with numerous felicitations, including the ‘Business Man of the Year’ award in 1996-97, Mr. Mehta is a personality that is nothing short of inspirational.

Torrent Capital

Torrent Investments Private Ltd.

Torrent Investments Private Limited is the apex company of the Rs. 37,600-Crore Torrent Group. Synergising the group activities, it spearheads the group’s investments in different investee companies, which are managed by their respective Board of Directors and professional CEOs. Besides monitoring and managing the group’s investments, Torrent Investments Private Limited is also involved in promoting the corporate image of Torrent and provides specialized services to the group.

The company acts as a catalyst and developer of new ventures by providing strategic, financial, corporate and managerial inputs to enhance the group’s predominant position in healthcare and power.

Torrent Capital

U N Mehta - Founder

Torrent Power is one of the leading brands in the Indian Power sector, promoted by the Rs 37,600-Crore Torrent Group – committed to its mission of transforming life by serving two of the most critical needs - healthcare and power. It is an integrated power utility and is one of the largest private sector players in India having interests in power generation, transmission, distribution and manufacturing and supply of power cables. Torrent Power foresaw the prospects in the power sector much before the liberalization, when it took-over and successfully turned around an ailing power cable company Mahendra Electricals, renaming it as ‘Torrent Cables Ltd.’ (now merged with Torrent Power Limited w.e.f. 1st April, 2014). The high points of Torrent’s foray into power however were the acquisitions of two of the India’s oldest utilities – The Surat Electricity Company Ltd and The Ahmedabad Electricity Company Ltd. Torrent turned them into first rate power utilities, in terms of operational efficiencies and reliability of power supply.

Torrent Power has a generation capacity of 4160 MW and distributes power to over 4 million customers in the cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Dahej SEZ and Dholera SIR in Gujarat; Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Bhiwandi, Shil, Mumbra & Kalwa in Maharashtra and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.

For more information visit www.torrentpower.com

Board Of Directors Of Torrent Pharma

Mr. Samir Mehta
Chairman
Ms. Ameera Shah
Independent Director
Mr. Jinesh Shah
Director (Operations)
Mr. Manish Choksi
Independent Director
Mr. Nikhil Khattau
Independent Director
Dr. Maurice Chagnaud
Independent Director
Ms. Nayantara Bali
Independent Director
Mr. Aman Mehta
Whole-time Director

Independent Directors

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Special Note:

  • Prof. Ashish Nanda ceased to be a Director of the Company due to his resignation with effect from 21st July, 2017
  • Ms. Renu Challu has completed her tenure as an Independent Director of the Company on 26th July, 2018, pursuant to which she ceased to be the Director of the Company.
  • Mr. Markand Bhatt ceased to be a Director of the Company pursuant to his retirement at the 45th AGM of the Company held on 02-Aug-18
  • Mr. Pradeep Bhargava has completed his tenure as an Independent Director of the Company on 31st March, 2019, pursuant to which he ceased to be the Director of the Company.
  • Dr. Chaitanya Dutt has completed his tenure as a Whole-time Director designated as Director (Research & Development) and also stepped down as the Director of the Company w.e.f. 31st December, 2020.
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Core Values

The Company's core values serve as the foundation and guiding principles, leading to longevity and success in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Integrity

Thoughts and actions entail doing the right thing at all times and in all circumstances; whether or not anyone is watching. This requires inner courage and conviction, no matter what the consequences are. It is honouring one’s commitments and being accountable for one’s actions, end-to-end.

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Passion for Excellence

Passion for excellence means not doing extra-ordinary things, but doing ordinary things in all pursuits exceedingly well. Passion and excellence are forces that fuel each other on the exclusive path to leadership. As we are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit.

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Participative
Decision Making

An ideal organisation facilitates participation and involvement of each of its members in various decision making processes, thus ensuring their commitment to such decisions as well as its outcome. It provides a platform for seeking and nurturing constructive ideas from individuals, teams and units which eventually yields exceptional results.

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Concern for Society
& Environment

Concern for Society & Environment is a sense of responsibility and contribution to society that defines our existence. It entails making a difference in the quality of lives and environment surrounding us. It is important to encourage fellow-members on collective as well as individual basis to fulfil the responsibility of leaving behind a world rich in flora and fauna and rich in time tested values and ideals and above all rich in social fervour for our future generations.

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Fairness with Care

Fairness and Care towards all fellow members are inextricably linked. Weaving the threads of equality, irrespective of caste, creed, religion and gender, into the day to day fabric, ensures fairness for each and every individual. Empathic care recognises needs and aspirations of all. Only such fairness and care eventually lead fellow members to the dawn of eternal success.

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Transparency

Transparency implies openness. It is the opposite of secrecy. It encourages more informed decision making and aids in creating enduring trust among all stakeholders.

Our Milestones

Starting our operations since 1959 Torrent Pharma has crossed many milestones on the road to success.

Torrent Pharma’s Roadmap to Success

2023
  • Torrent and Zydus sign licensing agreement for co-marketing Saroglitazar Mg, a critical treatment for chronic liver diseases in India
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals gets EIR from US FDA for Dahej facility
2022
  • Agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. to acquire four of its brands "Styptovit-E", "Finast", "Finast-T", and "Dynapress"
  • Torrent Pharma enters into licensing agreement with Medicine Patent Pool to manufacture and commercialise generic version of Pfizer Oral COVID-19 Treatment
  • Enters into co-marketing partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim India Private Limited to co- market its anti-diabetic drug and its fixed dose combinations in India
  • Torrent Pharma acquires Curatio Healthcare to strengthen its presence in fast growing dermatology segment
2021
  • Torrent Pharma introduces MSD (a trade name of Merck & Co., Inc, Kenilworth, NJ, USA) and Ridgeback’s molnupiravir under the brand name Molnutor® in India
  • Torrent Pharma Enters Into Voluntary Licensing Agreement with Lilly to manufacture and distribute Baricitinib for Covid-19 in India
2019

Torrent & Glenmark sign licensing agreement for co-marketing of Remogliflozin Etabonate in India

2018

Acquired US based Bio-Pharm, Inc. (BPI)

2017

Acquired US based Bio-Pharm, Inc. (BPI)

2016
  • Dahej Plant receives USFDA approval
  • Acquired API manufacturing Unit of Hyderabad based Glochem Industries Limited