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Neopharma LLC

Abu Dhabi-based pharmaceutical manufacturer producing generics and branded medicines for domestic and export markets

Founded 2003PrivateMussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Abu Dhabi1000+ employeesneopharma.com
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Overview

Neopharma is an Abu Dhabi-based pharmaceutical manufacturer established in 2003 (plant opened at Mussafah industrial area), producing over 300 varieties of drugs across categories such as antivirals, antibiotics, cardiovascular, anti-diabetic and respiratory medicines. It operates multiple globally accredited manufacturing facilities and has run distribution/marketing operations reaching 50+ countries. The company has partnered with major multinational pharma players over the years, including a licensed cephalosporin manufacturing arrangement with Ranbaxy, technical collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories, a joint venture with India's Biocon, a plant tie-up with Japan's ASKA Pharmaceutical, and a 2019 secondary-packaging partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for six of GSK's most-prescribed UAE medicines, which began shipping product in January 2020.
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Operating Status
Active
Company Type
Private
Headquarters
Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Founded
2003
Company Size
1000+ employees

Products & Services

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Manufacturing

Production of active pharmaceutical ingredients supplying Neopharma's own finished-dose lines and third-party pharma companies

Finished Dose Pharmaceutical Products

Branded and generic tablets, hard capsules and liquid formulations manufactured across Neopharma's facilities including its Abu Dhabi and Bristol, TN plants

Injectable Products (Kyowa Criticare)

Critical-care injectable pharmaceuticals manufactured at the Atsugi, Japan facility acquired from Lupin in 2019

Neobiocon

50-50 biopharmaceuticals joint venture with Biocon (India) for development and marketing of biosimilars/biopharmaceuticals

5-ALA based products (neoALA/Neopharma Japan)

R&D and manufacture of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) based pharmaceutical products via the Fukuroi, Japan subsidiary

Contract Manufacturing Services

Third-party/contract manufacturing for global pharma majors including Pfizer, Merck/Merck Serono, AstraZeneca, GSK and Boots UK

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Joint VentureAnnounced

Neopharma-ASKA Pharmaceutical India manufacturing JV

Neopharma (UAE) partnered with Japan's ASKA Pharmaceutical to build a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in India (reports place it in Hyderabad/Visakhapatnam) in a deal valued at roughly $53 million.

$53M

May 3, 2018

AcquisitionCompleted

Acquisition of Dr. Reddy's Bristol, Tennessee antibiotics facility

Neopharma acquired a 390,000-sq-ft oral-solid-dose penicillin/antibiotics manufacturing facility in Bristol, Tennessee (previously operated by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories), producing Augmentin and Amoxil brands, marking its entry into the US generics market. Deal value undisclosed.

Oct 6, 2018

PartnershipAnnounced

GSK-Neopharma medicines supply partnership

Neopharma partnered with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to commercialize and locally supply six critical GSK products in the UAE, announced at the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi, with operational launch targeted for early 2020.

Apr 29, 2019

AcquisitionCompleted

Kyowa Criticare injectable business acquisition (Japan)

Neopharma Group, via its Japanese subsidiary neoALA Co. Ltd, acquired all share capital of Kyowa Criticare Co. Ltd (an injectable-products manufacturer in Atsugi, Japan) from Lupin Limited. Deal value undisclosed.

Aug 22, 2019

Joint VentureAnnounced

Elevar Therapeutics oncology joint venture

Neopharma formed a 50:50 UAE joint venture with Elevar Therapeutics (a Salt Lake City firm owned by South Korea's HLB) to commercialize the targeted anticancer drug Rivoceranib and expand an immuno-oncology pipeline across MENA and India.

Oct 3, 2019

RestructuringOngoing

Court-approved bankruptcy restructuring

The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court - Bankruptcy Department (Case No. 09/2024) approved formal restructuring procedures for Neopharma LLC (Industrial License No. IN-1000667) and its branches Neopharma Abu Dhabi LLC and Neopharma Dubai LLC, appointing Salem Mohamed Belama Al-Tamimi as bankruptcy trustee to oversee the reorganization.

Nov 27, 2024

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