Question : R & D IN PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR

(a) the expenditure incurred by the Public Sector Undertakings in the Pharmaceutical Sector on the Research and Development work as compared to private sector during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether some of the Pharmaceutical Public Sector Undertakings have been declared sick and have been closed down;

(c) if so, whether the medicines which were manufactured by these PSUs are now being imported; and

(d) if not, the alternative arrangements made by the Government for the availability of those medicines in the country?

THE MINISTRER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI SRIKANT KUMAR JENA)

(a): The expenditure incurred by the Public Sector Undertakings in the Pharmaceuticals Sector on the Research and Development work during each of the last three years and the current year is as under:-

(Rs. in Lakh)
Name of PSUs	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11 (Prov)
Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals	215.00	11.00	16.00	4.00
Limited (IDPL)
Hindustan Antibiotics	102.43	114.51	125.96	46.18
Limited (HAL)
Bengal Chemicals &	0.04	0.45	0.50	350.00
Pharmaceuticals Limited(BCPL)
Karnataka Antibiotics &	44.60	44.21	35.42	11.00
Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL)
Rajasthan Drugs &	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceuticals Limited (RDPL)

Sl. No.	NameofPSU	Status
1.	Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), Pimpri, Pune	Sick under BIFR
2.	Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL), Kolkata	Sick under BIFR
3.	Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), Gurgaon	Sick	under BIFR
4.	Bengal Immunity Limited (BIL), Kolkata	Closed
5.	Smith Stanistreet Pharmaceuticals Limited (SSPL), Kolkata	Closed
6.	Maharashtra Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MAPL),	Closed	Nagpur
7.	Manipur State Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited (MSDPL), Manipur	Closed
8.	Orissa Drugs & Chemicals Limited (ODCL), Bhuvaneshwar	Closed