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Cipla
The Mumbai generics maker famous for a one-dollar-a-day HIV regimen, which sells oncology generics across India and Africa and in 2026 partnered with ImmunoACT to take Indian CAR-T therapy to Africa.
Overview
Cipla was founded in Mumbai in 1935 by Khwaja Abdul Hamied and is India's third-largest drug producer. Its reputation rests on the early-2000s antiretroviral combination it sold for about 300 dollars a year against 12,000 dollars for the branded regimen, and it has applied the same approach to oncology generics and biosimilars for India and emerging markets. In 2026 ImmunoACT announced a collaboration with Cipla to distribute NexCAR19 in South Africa, Algeria and Morocco, the first export of an Indian CAR-T therapy.
Headquarters
Mumbai, IN
Scorecard
All companies#337of 1245 companies, score 11
- approved products +6
- targets +2
- modalities +2
- regions +1
1 approved, 0 in phase 3, 0 earlier, 1 targets, 0 registry studies. Formula on the scorecards page.
Type
Large pharma · CIPLA.NS
Stage
Public
Website
Founded
1935
Products
1ApprovedCAR-T (CD19, humanised)
Talicabtagene autoleucel · NexCAR19
India's first home-grown CAR-T cell therapy, approved in 2023 for relapsed leukaemia and lymphoma, made in Mumbai for roughly a tenth of what the same kind of treatment costs in the US.
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ApprovedCAR-T (CD19, humanised)
Talicabtagene autoleucel · NexCAR19
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