Kerala State Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited (KSDP) is an enterprise fully owned by

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

for manufacturing essential and life-saving medicines primarily to cater the needs of Government hospitals in the State. Alongside its primary objective, K.S.D.P exports drugs to other Indian states and also supplies to the ''Jan Oushadi'' scheme of

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. K.S.D.P was established in the year 1974 and is situated in

Kalavoor Kalavoor is a village located in National Highway 66 at Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Location Kalavoor is to the north of Alappuzha city and to the South of Cochin. National Highway 66, passes through Kalavoor. Trans ...

Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Indi ...

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The company received

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(GMP) approval for its manufacturing facility from the

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. This would enable K.S.D.P to supply medicines to countries that follow quality standard based on GMP under the brand name of Kerala Generics. These countries include African nations such as

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, Kenya and Zimbabwe, and Asian countries like Cambodia.

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COVID-19 pandemic

During the

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in 2020, K.S.D.P was given order to manufacture One Lakh units of Hand Sanitizers by the Kerala Government for supply to the general public at cheaper rates.

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{{reflist 1974 establishments in Kerala Pharmaceutical companies of India Prevention in India Government-owned companies of Kerala Pharmaceutical companies established in 1974 Indian companies established in 1974

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COVID-19 pandemic

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