28-594: Sanand is a city and a municipality in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat . It is a major industrial hub of Western India , with manufacturing plants of major domestic and foreign companies. Sanand was a small princely state ruled by the Vaghela clan . Maharaj Jaywant Singh Vaghela of Sanand was a music connoisseur. In 1946, he had invited Jasraj , who was still very young, and his family to Sanand. Now, Sanand
56-490: A capacity to manufacture 250,000 cars a year in the first phase, which will be scaled up to 500,000 cars a year. The project, including Tata Motors plant, vendor facilities and a railway transportation hub near Nidhrad Village, will together generate over 20,000 direct and indirect jobs. This plant uses land of Gujarat Agricultural University which was in the name of Government of Gujarat. The plant currently manufactures Tiago and Tigor hatchbacks. The 1,100 acres of Land which
84-695: A plant to make Generic Medicines at Moraiya within Sanand taluka. Indian Real Estate giants including DLF, Raheja, Parswanath are in talks to acquire large land area near Sanand to develop major townships close to Ahmedabad. Singapore Based Investment Fund Isobar Global Holdings PTE. LTD. along with Capitaland Trust of Singapore have reportedly acquired large land parcels within Sanand District. The state-owned Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation has acquired 5000 acres of land in and around Sanand for future use by industries. Municipality A municipality
112-518: A sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco , to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York . The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass: Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the state . Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax , property tax , and corporate income tax , but may also receive substantial funding from
140-497: A voluntary license agreement with Gilead , the company also produces the generics for hepatitis C treatment (i.e. sofosbuvir , distributed under the brand name SoviHep). The company makes active pharmaceutical ingredients at three sites in India, Ankleshwar plants, Vadodara plant, and Patalganga plant. In July 2020, the company got permission to conduct human trials of the developmental COVID-19 vaccine named ZyCoV-D , from
168-400: Is a satellite town of Ahmedabad city. Sanand is located at 22°59′N 72°23′E / 22.98°N 72.38°E / 22.98; 72.38 . It has an average elevation of 38 metres (124 feet). As of 2011 India census , Sanand had a population of 41,530. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sanand has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than
196-530: Is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Ahmedabad , which is primarily engaged in the manufacturing of generic drugs . The company ranked 100th in the Fortune India 500 list in 2020. Cadila was founded in 1952 by Ramanbhai Patel (1925–2001), formerly a lecturer in the L.M. College of Pharmacy, and his business partner Indravadan Modi . In 1995, the Patel and Modi families split;
224-645: Is derived from French municipalité , which in turn derives from the Latin municipalis , based on the word for social contract ( municipium ), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction , from
252-631: Is designed for patients with castration-resistant and metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. The product will be manufactured at Zydus' facility in Ahmedabad. This approval is part of the company's broader efforts to expand its portfolio of cancer treatments in the U.S. market (NDTV Business) From twenty-five pharmaceutical production operations in India and Zydus Cadila develops and manufactures an extensive range of pharmaceuticals as well as diagnostics, herbal products, skincare products and other OTC products. Starting from late 2015, having concluded
280-455: Is on the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor and can reach showrooms in northern states more quickly and cheaply. Construction of the plant is from end-2011 with car production to begin in 2014. Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics Pvt Ltd announced a 60:40 joint venture between Japanese electronics major, Hitachi Ltd and Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based power electronics products maker,
308-470: Is setting up a manufacturing facility of power equipment at Sanand near Ahmedabad. Hitachi Hi-Rel is now a 100% Hitachi owned company. GE Power Systems India Private Limited (erstwhile Alstom Bharat Forge Power Private Limited) established a state of the art Steam Turbines and Generator manufacturing facility in 2013. It is a subsidiary of GE, the America-based global conglomerate. Manufacturing commenced in
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#1732848315843336-633: Is the chairman of the company. In 2004, Pankaj Patel was included in Forbes' annual list of India's richest people. As of 2020, Forbes estimates Patel's net worth at US$ 3.9 billion, making him India's 46th richest person. A Mint investigative report in 2021 claimed that Zydus Lifesciences supplied possibly bacteria-contaminated batches of remdesivir to hospitals in Uttar Pradesh , Rajasthan , Maharashtra , Gujarat and Bihar , allegedly making hundreds of already sick COVID-19 patients even sicker. Zydus
364-404: Is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district . The English word
392-526: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Government of India . On 20 August 2021, DCGI granted emergency use approval of ZyCoV-D. Cadila is also among the several Indian pharma companies that received the licensing agreements from the Gilead Sciences to produce remdesivir . Zydus Cadila's major shareholder remains the Patel family. Pankaj Patel (born 1953), son of the founder,
420-667: The Modi family's share was moved into a new company called Cadila Pharmaceuticals , and Cadila Healthcare became the Patel family's holding company. Cadila Healthcare had its initial public offering in February 2000 and listed on the BSE . In 2003, the company merged another Indian pharmaceutical company called German Remedies into itself. On 25 June 2007, the company acquired Química e Farmacêutica Nikkho do Brasil Ltda (Nikkho) as part of Zydus Healthcare Brasil Ltda. In 2014, Cadila Healthcare launched
448-577: The Spanish term ayuntamiento , referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself. In Moldova and Romania , both municipalities ( municipiu ; urban administrative units) and communes ( comună ; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality. In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names. Cadila Healthcare Zydus Lifesciences Limited , formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited ,
476-525: The community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms: The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches. In Greece, the word Δήμος ( demos ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people). In some countries,
504-469: The national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. In Sanand, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Sanand is part of the dedicated Viramgam Special Investment Region of Gujarat. Located near the city of Ahmedabad, Sanand is about 70 kilometres (40 miles) from a recently rebuilt international airport. Sanand is linked to Ahmedabad and Kutch by state highway 17. The state highway 17 joins India's National Highway 8, part of
532-472: The next 1–3 years. Some examples include: Tata Motors in June 2010 rolled out the first Nano cars from its main manufacturing plant at Northcote Cattle Farm. The construction time was a record-breaking 14 months. During the starting period the production plant employed 2,400 staff. Including the indirect jobs related to the plant, there were about 10,000 people depending on the initial production. The plant has
560-572: The plant, another 25,000 indirectly and another 6000 in ancillary engineering, totalling 36,000 jobs. The 460 acres was leased to Ford for Rs 1100/square metre while the prevailing market rate in the area is Rs 4000/square metre. Gujarat was chosen as the location of the plant in order to cater to the demands of the burgeoning car markets of the North and North West of India.The President of Ford Asia-Pacific-Africa, Joe Hinrichs, said it takes 10 days to transport cars from its Chennai plant to Punjab . Sanand
588-859: The recently completed 4-lane Golden Quadrilateral highway linking Sanand to many of the major industrial, economic and cultural regions of India. Sanand is connected by highway to Mundra Port , a fully operational and one of the fastest growing, recently expanded sea ports in southeast Asia. Sanand is about 350 kilometres (220 miles) from Mundra port. Sanand is also close to the proposed Dholera port and international airport . In addition to highways, Sanand-Viramgam has an operational broad gauge railway network connecting it to major industrial centres of Gujarat. Sanand has recently attracted commitments of billions of US dollars in investments from some of world's largest companies. Some of these companies have already started producing and shipping products, while others have announced facility completion and product shipment within
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#1732848315843616-478: The state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies . Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure, are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi , Portuguese município . In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to
644-449: The world's first adalimumab biosimilar under the brand name Exemptia at one-fifth the originator's price. Zydus Cadila Healthcare has also launched its first research based drug molecule Saroglitazar in the treatment of Diabetic Dyslipidemia under brand name "Lipaglyn". SoviHep is the first sofosbuvir brand launched in India by Zydus in the year 2015. In 2019, injectable ketorolac tromethamine manufactured by Zydus (Cadila Healthcare)
672-413: The year of 2015. The first turbine was dispatched from the factory in the month of June 2016 for Solapur Super Thermal Power Station, a coal fired power plat with two units of 660MW capacity each owned by NTPC and situated in the state of Maharashtra. The facility spans over an area of approximately 50 acres and is situated in the vicinity of Ford. The Indian pharmaceutical company Cadila Healthcare has
700-497: Was allotted to Tata falls in villages Khoda and Bol in Sanand Taluka. According to one report: Tata paid Rs 900/square metre (US$ 81,000 per acre) to Gujarat Government for the land in Sanand. On 28 July 2011, Ford announced a deal to invest Rs 40 billion (U$ 906m) to build a plant in Sanand. The plant, spread over 460 acres, will have a capacity to make 240,000 cars/year and 270,000 engines/year. 5000 people will be employed at
728-581: Was cited by the US FDA for deliberately misbranding their flagship product, Saroglitazar —the drug used to treat diabetic dyslipidemia in India. In a 21 December 2016 letter to the company, the US FDA asked it to stop using broad statements, such as the "world's first" and to stop suggesting that the drug is approved throughout the world, including in the United States, when that is not true. This article about
756-435: Was manufacturing the remdesivir in their Gujarat factory under license from United States' Gilead Sciences . In May 2021, when state procurement agency Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation sought an explanation, Zydus stated that they had not seen similar adverse reactions to their remdesivir elsewhere and denied all contamination allegations. In December 2016, Zydus Discovery DMCC, a research subsidiary Zydus Lifesciences,
784-514: Was recalled due to microbial growth. In 2020, Zydus Cadila's drug Desidustat received approval by the USFDA to initiate clinical trials on cancer patients. In 2022, Cadila Healthcare Ltd was renamed as Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. In October 2024, USFDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Drug: Zydus Lifesciences received USFDA approval to manufacture Enzalutamide tablets, which are used for treating prostate cancer . This drug, an androgen receptor inhibitor,
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