Aventis Pharma

Aventis Pharma Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, is a part of Sanofi-Aventis group. Sanofi-Aventis and its wholly owned subsidiary Hoechst AG, are the major shareholders of Aventis Pharma Limited. Its manufacturing portfolio contains medicines for several therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, thrombotic, metabolic disorders, oncology, disorders of the central nervous system, internal medicine. Its primary business is medicines in the dosage forms of liquid injectables, tablets, capsules, ointments, drops and syrup. In July 2003, company launched Lantus, the world's first and only once a day insulin.