Orchid resumes production in its API plant in Chennai

Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals’ (Orchid) Cephalosporin API manufacturing plant located in Alathur at Chennai has been re-opened and production activity will commenced immediately. The Alathur plant that had earlier received a closure notice from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has now been cleared and production activities will commence immediately.

Orchid is a pharmaceutical company engaged in development and manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished dosage forms. It is also engaged in research of new drugs. The company was incorporated in the year 1992 as a 100% export-oriented unit (EOU).