Seven from healthcare and pharma sector join billionaires club in pandemic-hit 2020
With emergence of seven new billionaire promoters in healthcare & pharmaceutical sector, India now has 17 billionaire promoters, up from 10 last year. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a chemist shop at a market in Mumbai, India, June 25, 2015 (Image Source: Reuters)
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Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 06:36 AM IST
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world and economies around the globe faltered, the Indian healthcare and pharmaceutical sector saw the emergence of seven new billionaire promoters in 2020, reported Business Standard.
India now has 17 billionaire promoters in the sector, up from 10 last year. Premchand Godha of Ipca Labs, Prathap C Reddy of Apollo Hospitals, Ajanta Pharma s Mannalal Agrawal and Natco Pharma s VC Nannapaneni were some of the new billionaires.