Torque pharmaceuticals is an Indian pharmaceutical company with production units at Issapur, Derabassi in Punjab and at Jharmajri, Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. It manufactures medicines for prevention and treatment of various health related problems. The product range comprises antibiotics, nutritional supplements and cough syrup to antipyretics and anti-inflammatory products.
History
Torque Pharmaceuticals was started as a partnership in August 1985[1] with a small investment of 240,000 INR (US$18000).[1] It started with the production of oral liquids, with manufacturing of tablets starting in 1987. In 1991, after the acquisition of Mac Brown, the manufacturing of small volume parenterals and exports to Uganda commenced. A manufacturing unit was set up at Derabassi, Himachal Pradesh in 1994 and the company was named as Torque Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., which started the manufacture of parenterals in 2002. In the same year exports to Mozambique and Angola were started. A WHO-GMP Compliance Certificate was awarded by the Drug Regulatory Authorities in the year 2005, as was ISO 9001-2000 certification. The National Drugs Authority (NDA), Uganda certified TORQUE for export of medicines.