Mylan to invest $1.0b in India

HYDERABAD, Oct 01 (PTI): Multinational drug company Mylan has said it will invest USD one billion in the next 5-6 years on Capex in India, given the importance of the country's position in world pharma supply-chain, and pitched for the government incentivising research and development activities.

Mylan Global President and Executive Director Rajiv Malik said the company had been investing close to about USD 400 million or USD 450 million towards Capex every year and half of it in India.

"Half of that has been invested in India as a rule of thumb. So we have invested about USD 200 -USD 250 million in India every year. During the last six or seven years we have invested more than USD one billion in India to upkeep and expand the capacities, he told PTI.

As long as this network is there (in India), we have no other option but continue to invest at the same pace. I would say in the next 5 to 6 years it (investment on capex) would not be less than one billion dollars, he said.

Mylan Indias journey started in 2007 after it acquired Matrix laboratories and at that point in time the company was predominantly a manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).