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Anand Surana
India 55 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Pharmaceuticals
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Bangalore
- Education
- Bangalore University (Bachelor of Commerce)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Biography
Anand Surana is a director at pharma company Micro Labs known for the popular paracetamol Dolo.
The Bangalore-headquartered generics company makes drugs for cardiac diseases, diabetes and pain management.
The privately held Micro Labs gets nearly 60% of its annual revenue from the domestic market.
It also makes ophthalmic products for Bausch & Lomb's Asia-Pacific market.
India's tax authority alleged in July 2022 that Micro Labs gave freebies worth 10 billion rupees to doctors to push drug sales. The company denied any wrongdoing.
About
The company was founded by their late father G.C. Surana, a former pharma distributor, in 1973 in Chennai.
During the pandemic, sales of the company's paracetamol brand Dolo 650 soared.