The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration approved layout designs of 150 pharmaceutical companies including Illinois-based Abbott, Baxter, Israel-based Teva, Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical, among others, from July 2017 onward. The manufacturing units include APIs, formulations, and medical device units.
In Gujarat, a manufacturing park which will help reduce capital expenditure for manufacturers of medical devices will be set up at Sanand. Additionally a National Center for Medical Devices in Ahmedabad is envisaged to nurture innovators and industry.
Gujarat has 4,000 manufacturing units located across the state in four large clusters with 5 Special Economic Zones in an area of nearly 6 square miles. Besides these, there are 158 formulation units and 97 bulk drug units. 40 percent of India’s Contract Research Organizations and 40 percent of Contract Research And Manufacturing Services are located in this state.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
