Medicine the World Trusts

India's pharmaceutical industry has moved up the value chain. Finished medicines — formulations and biologicals — now account for 75% of $31 billion in exports. Vaccine shipments alone: $1.55 billion.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing — workers in cleanroom preparing medicine packaging

What India Exports

487 pharmaceutical product lines across five categories. Medicines dominate — but APIs, vaccines, surgical supplies, and traditional formulations round out a broad portfolio trusted by health systems worldwide.

Medicines
Medicines $23.1B (74.5%)
Ingredients $4.9B (15.9%)
Vaccines $1.5B (5.0%)
Surgical $795M (2.6%)
Traditional $638M (2.1%)

The Companies Behind the Medicine