Though, a relatively young company, Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd has already become a name to reckon in Indian pharmaceutical Industry and is endeavouring to make a mark in the global market. The foundation of Akums was laid in the year 2004 in Haridwar, Uttaranchal as a contract manufacturing company.
Akums in a short span of time has walked a long way and developed best of manufacturing facilities in the country. Akums three state-of-the-art -manufacturing units are WHO-GMP, ISO-9001, ISO-14001 certified and designed as per UK-MHRA & US-FDA norms. The factories are sprawled over an area of about 5,00,000 square feet.
High quality workmanship and craftsmanship defines Akums ability to execute projects efficiently by using ultra-modern plants, machineries and equipment and have enormous manufacturing capacity to fulfil the requirement of its reputed national and international customers.
Akums manufactures more than 800 different formulations in the form of tablets, capsules (instant & sustained release), soft gelatin, capsules, dry syrup & liquid orals, injectables (dry/ liquid), pre-filled syringes, large volume parenterals, eye/ ear drops in FFS packs. Akums manufacturing range includes antihypertensives, antibiotics, analgesics, anti-ulcerants antidiarrhoeals, antitubercular, anti fungal, antiprotozoals, antimalarial, antiallergics, antidiabetics, cough and cold preparations, vitamins, food preparations, etc.
Akums manufactures and supplies medicines to more than 200 top pharmaceutical companies of India on third party or loan license and P to P basis. Akums with its strong marketing and sales services, in a short span of time has reached a stage where its products are available at almost each and every pharmacy in every nook & corner of the country.
To keep pace with the increasing competition, Akums has also developed in-house testing laboratories along with R & D and F&D centres which are supported by highly qualified, technical and skilled personnel. The company asserts that it also has sufficient infrastructure to develop and obtain DCGI approval for new molecules and fixed dose combinations (FDCs). It has already got approval from Indian Drugs Department to manufacture and market more than 120 new molecules & FDCs, some of them for the first time in the country.
The company has always laid great emphasis on research and development in order to introduce innovative products with Novel Drug Delivery Systems.
The mottos of company are "Quality gyrates around customer satisfaction" and "Essence of business is to create customers and profits will follow". It speaks volumes about the company's commitment to quality. Akums believes that the key to stay ahead in competition is quality and its products will rule the market only when it conforms to the quality requirements of its customers first time & every time meeting international standards.