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Dilip Surana
India 60 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Pharmaceuticals
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Residence
- Bangalore
- Education
- Bangalore University (Bachelor of Commerce)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 1
Biography
Dilip Surana is chairman of privately held pharma company Micro Labs, known for its popular paracetamol Dolo 650.
The Bangalore-headquartered generics company makes drugs for cardiac diseases, diabetes and pain management.
It also makes ophthalmic products for Bausch & Lomb's Asia-Pacific market.
The company gets nearly 60% of its annual revenue of from the domestic market.
The company was founded by their late father G.C. Surana, a former pharma distributor, in 1973 in Chennai.
About
During the pandemic, sales of their paracetamol brand Dolo 650 soared.
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.