The Pharmaceutical companies in Nepal manufacture pharmaceuticals according to GMP guidelines, thus offering high-quality products and services.
Of the 48 operating Nepalese pharmaceutical industries, 33 industries are already WHO-GMP certified. Fourteen new pharmaceutical companies will be added shortly.
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History of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Nepal
Nepal was founded in 1990 AD by pharmaceutical entrepreneurs to facilitate, enhance and improve the service of pharmaceutical companies in coordination with various government agencies, the medical profession, and pharmaceutical trading houses.
The historical event of pharmacy development began during the ancient ruler of Lichchhavi Amshu Berma, dating back to 605620 AD. when an Ayurvedic hospital was established.
Allopathic medicines were introduced to Nepal in 1816 AD after the Suguali Treaty and the establishment of a British residency in Nepal.
Manufacture of allopathic medicines began in the private sector in 1969 and the government company Royal Drug Limited was incorporated in 1972 formerly subordinate to the Department of Forest and Soil Conservation and transferred to the Department of Health and Population
Nepal enacted the Medicines Act 1978 (2035 BS) to prohibit and regulate and control the misuse or abuse of medicines and false or misleading information regarding the effectiveness and use of medicines.
Production, marketing, distribution, export, import, storage, and use of such drugs are unsafe, effective and of standard quality for public use.
To implement and comply with the purpose and objectives of the Drugs Act of 1978 and various regulations thereunder.
Today it has 50 pharmaceutical companies as its members, controlling 40% of the Nepalese pharmaceutical market share, 32 of which are WHO-GMP certified and others are in the process of doing so.
APPON has been striving towards the goal of manufacturing safe, effective and affordable high-quality products for the Nepalese healthcare sector since the day it was founded. To promote the Nepalese pharmaceutical industry in the world market, it also supports export.
It also supports the pharmaceutical industry in technical and technological advancement, which ultimately contributes to the development of the Nepal healthcare segment.
The pharmaceutical industry thrived during the wet conflict in Nepal since the early 1990s. Today, the Nepalese industries set their efforts and six of them had already taken “Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products (Copp) for the export of some of their products in the international market.
Pharmaceutical companies in Nepal
Here is a comprehensive list of some of the pharmaceutical companies operating in Nepal;
Amtech Pvt Ltd
Address: Opp. Chest Clinic, Rangeli Road, Biratnagar-12, Nepal
Phone: 00977-21-522153, 522183, 526618
Apex Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: 13/45, ADARSH NAGAR BIRGANJ (NEPAL)
TEL: +977-51-529355/ 534173
FAX: +977-51-529377
Office Email: info@apexpharma.com.np
Arrow Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd
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Address: Basundhara, Dhapasi Marg, Kathmandu-3 Nepal.
Phone: 01-4372108
Email: info@arrowpharmaceuticals.com
ASIAN PHARMACEUTICALS
Address: Padasari VDC-9, Siddhartha Nagar Rupandehi, Pashupati Road, Central, Development Region Kathmandu, 44600 Nepal
Phone: +977-14421650
Revenue: $10.07 million
Year Started: 1988
Incorporated: 1996
A.S.T. PVT LTD
Address: Kalanki Near Baba Petrol Pump Kathmandu, Kathmandu Nepal
Phone: +977-15219955
Year Started: 2004
Incorporated: 2011
BHASKAR HERBACEUTICALS PVT. LTD
Address: Near Thakur Ram Campus Aadarshnagar Birgunj Nepal
Phone: +977-54418047
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $11.24 million
Year Started: 2010
Incorporated: 2010
Biogain Remedies
Website: Visit here
Address/ Regd. Office & Factory: Patthardanda, Tilottama Municipality-21, Butwal-Bhairahawa Highway, Rupandehi, Nepal
Phone: (+977-71) 543903
Fax: +977 9857011634
Email: biogain@mail.com
DEURALI JANATA PHARMACEUTICALS PVT LTD
Address: 679 Budhanilkantha Sadak Bansbari 03 Kathmandu, Kathmandu Nepal
Phone: +977-14018777
Revenue: $2.20 million
Year Started: 1991
Incorporated: 1988
Email: info@deuralijanta.com
DIVINE HEALTH CARE PVT. LTD
Address: Bijayanagar Bharatpur Metropolitan City-16 Chitwan Nepal
Phone: +977-9802084553
Revenue: $2.39 million
Dolphin M. B. Pvt Ltd
Website: Visit here
Address: 1st Floor, Radha Bhawan 115-Saraswoti Marg, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal p. O. Box # 449
Tel: 977 1 426 0935 / 426 0710
Fax: 977 1 425 2472
Email: info@dolphinmb.com
EVEREST PARENTERALS
Address: Kamal Pokhari Kathmandu, 44600 Nepal
Phone: +977-15909183
Website: click here
Revenue: $17.15 million
Year Started: 2015
Incorporated: 2010
FLEUR HIMALAYAN LIMITED
Address: NPL House Krishna Galli BIRGUNJ, 44600 Nepal
Phone: +977-15521620
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $9.41 million
Year Started: 1996
Incorporated: 1992
Grace Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Phone: 01-5172167, 071-545599
Address: Marketing Office: Kathmandu-10, Anamnagar, Nepal
Email: marketing@gracepharma.com.np/info@gracepharma.com.np
Herbs Production & Processing Co. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: Jadibuti, Koteshwor, Kathmandu
Phone: +977-1-4992149,4992152
Email: info@hppcl.com.np
GPO Box No: 2679
HUKAM PHARMACEUTICALS PVT LTD
Address: Madhyapur Thimi Municipality Chapacho, Bhaktapur Bhaktapur Nepal
Phone: +977-16630102
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $9.22 million
Kantipur Pharmaceuticals Lab Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: Kantipur Pharmaceuticals Lab Pvt. Ltd. Panchkhal-7, Shikharpura Kavre, Nepal
Phone: +977-01-5539634
Email: kantipurpharmaceuticals@gmail.com
Keva Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Corporate Office: Kathmandu – 8, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 01-5107481
Email: info@keva.com.np
Lomus Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
P.O. Box No: 4506
Address: Lomus House, Kailashchour, Gairidhara Lazimpat, Kathmandu
Tel: +977-1-4436396
Fax: 4436395
Email: info@lomuspharma.com
Magnus Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: Jyatha Marg, Kantipath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 977-1-4266878; 977-1-6215915
Email: marketing@magnuspharma.com.np
Mark Formulations Pvt Ltd – Factory
Website: Visit here
Address: 167-10 Tanka Prasad Marga, Baneshwor Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +977-1-4489128
Email: info@markformulations.com
M.D.H Pharmaceuticals Pvt.Ltd (Medivet)
Website: Visit here
Phone: +977-1-4425335 / 4425336
E-mail: info@mdhpharma.com, ceo@mdhpharma.com, md@mdhpharma.com
Address: G.P.O Box: 7457, Hadigaun, Gahanapokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PVT.LTD
Website: Visit here
Address: Shreepur, Birgunj, Nepal
Tel: +977-51-524336, +977-51-528537
Fax: +977-51-533400
Email: fdho@nationalhealthcare.com.np
Nepal Aushadhi Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Email: admin@nal.com.np
Address: Nepal Aushadhi Limited, Babarmahal, Kathmandu Nepal
TEL: +977-1-4221512 / 4250794
FAX:+977-1-4226116
Nepal CRS Company
Website: Visit here
Address: P.O. Box. 842 Tokha Road, Mahadevtar, Gongabu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 977 1 4962097
Email: info@crs.org.np
Nepal Pharmaceuticals Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: Om Ashram-14, Birgunj, Parsa
Tel: (+977-51) 521097,528689
Fax: (+977-51) 522084
Email: corporatenpl@gmail.com
NIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL
Address: Biratnagar, Bakhari-12 Morang Nepal
Phone: +977-9841339318
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $4.54 million
Year Started: 2009
Incorporated: 2009
Ohm Pharmaceuticals Labs. Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: Tathali, Bhaktapur Nepal
Phone: 01-6205710, 01-6915193
Email: info@opl.com.np
Panas Pharmaceutical (Pvt) Ltd.
Website: visit
Address: Janaki-06, Ganapur, Banke, Nepalgunj Nepal
Phone: (977) 81 403005 / 403004 /403065 Mob: 98580-23627
Email: panas@panaspharma.com or info@panaspharma.com or factory@panaspharma.com or panas.factory@gmail.com
Pharma Life
Website: Visit here
Phone: 977 9801966550
Email: info@pharmalife.com.np
Address: Kathmandu, Nepal Balmandir Compound, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
QbD Pharmaceuticals Pvt .Ltd
Website: visit
Address: Nayabazar – 16, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Phone: +977-1-5550257 / 5550258
Email: info@qbdpharmaceuticals.com
MPD: mpd@qbdpharmaceuticals.com
Marketing: marketing@qbdpharmaceuticals.com
Factory Phone: +977-11-660259
Quest Pharmaceuticals
Website: click here
Address: Kathmandu Daan Sadan, Sungabha Marg, Teku
Phone: +977-1-5340304, 5339293
Email: contact@quest.com.np
Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (RIBB)
Website: Visit here
Address: Biomedicum Research Campus Building, Saptakhel – 9, Balkumari, Chyasal Road, Lalitpur 44700, G.P.O. Box 7731, Nepal
Phone: +977 9841171363 (Mitesh)
Fax: +977 9869421899 (Manish)
Email: info@ribb.org.np
SAMAR PHARMA COMPANY
Address: Old Bus Park Adarshnagar -13 Birganj Nepal
Phone: +977-51529362
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $4.89 million
Year Started: 2014
Incorporated: 2012
SR DRUG LABORATORIES PVT LTD
Website: Visit here
Address: 3rd floor, Saket Complex Tripureshwar, Kathmandu Nepal
Phone: +977.1.4223764
Fax: +977.1.4222506
P.O.Box: 9298
Email: info@srdrug.net
SUMY PHARMACEUTICALS (P) LTD
Address: Balaju Ring Road Kathmandu Kathmandu Nepal
Phone: +977-14359595
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $4.89 million
Year Started: 2004
Incorporated: 2004
Synergy Corporation
Website: Visit here
Address: House # 205 Bishal Basti “Kha” Bishal Nagar Kathmandu Nepal
Email: connect@synergy-corporation.com
Phone: +977 1-4418037
Times Pharma
Address: Gaindakot-04, Nawalpur
Phone: +977 78 502004
Fax: +977 78 503131
Email: info@timepharma.com
TIZIG PHARMA PRIVATE LIMITED
Address: Maligoan, Ward no 5 Kathmandu Nepal
Website: Visit here
Revenue: $2.39 million
Year Started: 2018
Incorporated: 2018
Vega Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.
Website: Visit here
Address: 4th Floor, Ranabhat Complex, Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone:+977-01-4102826/27
Fax:+977-01-4102825
Email: info@vega.com.np
Health expenditure
In Nepal, the total annual health expenditure (THE) in 2008 was 39,944.15 million Nepalese rupees (NPR) (69.76 million US dollars).
Total annual expenditure on health was 4.54% of GDP. The total annual healthcare expenditure per resident was 1,386.47 Nepalese rupees (US$19.87).
Total government expenditures on health (GGHE) according to the National Health Accounts (NHA) was NPR 15,572.11 million (US$223.22 million) in 2008, 38.98% of total health expenditure. Annual public per capita health expenditure is NPR 540.51 (US$7.75[8]).
Annual government spending on health accounts for 6.33% of the total government budget. Private health expenditure covers 61.02% of total health expenditure.
Details of the drug and pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
According to the information provided by the DDA on 2077/10/12, 66 national allopathic pharmaceutical industries are registered for manufacturing and have authorization for sales and distribution.
Another four branches are registered and have sales and distribution permits but are currently not operating due to technical reasons of the branches.
33 new industries are registered for the manufacture but have not yet received approval for sale and distribution.
Pharmaceutical industrialists say that the size of the domestic pharmaceutical market is Rs46 billion and that the industry has grown at 18-20 percent per year for the past 78 years.
Despite various constraints such as the energy crisis and labor unrest, the domestic pharmaceutical industry has achieved encouraging growth.
Frequently Asked Questions about the Pharmaceutical companies in Nepal
How many pharmaceutical companies are there in Nepal?
There are 87 licensed pharmaceutical manufacturers in Nepal, of which 41 manufacture modern medicines, 7 veterinary medicines, and 37 herbal preparations
How many WHO-GMP certified companies are in Nepal?
Among drug manufacturers in Nepal, five companies have recently received WHO-GMP certification; these are Nepal Pharmaceuticals Laboratories Pvt. Ltd (including the ß-lactam division), Deurali Janta Pharmaceuticals Limited, National Healthcare, Omnica Lab, and Quest Pharmaceuticals.
How can one register his/her pharmaceutical company in Nepal?
Pharmacy registration checklist
- An application in the form of Annex 4 ‘C’ (SDG document)
- An application in the form of Annex 6 (SDG document)
- Notarized Updated manufacturing authorization issued.
- Notarized copy of valid COPP as recommended by WHO.
- The detailed formulation which includes excipients, color, flavor, etc.
How much does it cost to open a pharmacy in Nepal?
The costs and expenses of establishing and developing a retail community pharmacy store vary depending on the location, size of the pharmacy, type of medication, etc. The start-up costs range from one hundred thousand to seven hundred thousand.
Conclusion
Nepal Pharmaceutical Market has valued at Rs 8,649 crore and growing at a CAGR of 10%. Recently, domestic manufacturers have made their presence felt in the market, with a significant presence in the five main therapeutic segments, namely, anti-infective, respiratory, vitamin/mineral, gastrointestinal, and analgesics.
Domestic manufacturers import all raw materials required to manufacture formulations.
The main problems and challenges identified for the national pharmaceutical industry are high import dependency, low tariff barriers on imports, high brand proliferation and unregistered medicines of the frontier Market, lack of reverse engineering capabilities, low investment in R&D Infrastructure, safety concerns discouraging rural drug use, export restrictions, etc.
The strengths that the industry possesses are suitable production facilities, high-quality products, well qualified and experienced human resources, market knowledge, and a high level of private participation.
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