Lupin has entered into a long term strategic partnership with Merck Serono, the Biopharmaceutical division of Merck. Lupin will support Merck Serono in the implementation of the company’s General Medicines portfolio expansion initiative in emerging markets thus addressing local needs for affordable, high-quality medicines. The agreement builds on an established working relationship between the two companies, and could add up to 20 new products to the current portfolio. The first launches are expected in 2016.
Through this partnership, Merck Serono will expand its overall portfolio in core therapeutic areas of Merck Serono’s General Medicine & Endocrinology franchise in selected countries in Latin America, Asia, Central Eastern Europe, and Africa.
The partnership covers major markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines alongside several countries in Africa and Central Eastern Europe as well as other countries in emerging markets, focusing on cardiovascular and diabetes diseases. In Africa, medicines will also be supplied for additional therapeutic areas, reflecting local healthcare needs such as availability of antibiotics.
Lupin is an innovation led transnational pharmaceutical company producing and developing a wide range of branded and generic formulations and APIs globally.
