MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

BUSINESS SCHOOL
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS COMPUTING

BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION

GROUP 13
NAME REG NO. SIGNATURE
1. SSEKIIDE RAJAB ADAMS
2. NUWAGABA TIMOTHY
3. MUKWAYA JOSEPH
4. AWOR PATIENCE
5. ZAWEDDE KULITHUM
6. NSAALE CYNTHIA
7. KABAJOJO JENIFER
8. NAHYUHA CHAROLOTTE
ELIZABETH
9. SSERWANIKO MARTIN
 CIPLA LIMITED

Cipla limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company,

headquartered in Mumbai, India. Cipla primarily develops medicines to treat respiratory,
cardiovascular disease, arthritis diabetes, weight control, depression and other medical
conditions. Cipla limited was incorporated in the year 1935 with the name chemical industrial
and pharmaceutical laboratories limites. Khwaja Abdul Hamied the founder of Cipla gave the
company all his patent and proprietary formulas for several drugs and medicines without
charging any royalty. On August 17, 1935 Cipla was registered as a public limited company with
an authorized capital of Rs 6 lakh.

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Discuss the different ways how Cipla limited is fulfilling its obligations towards its different stakeholders.

To the employees
Cipla limited offers favourable working conditions, good payment terms and unbiased human resource
policies.

Cipla has provided employment opportunities to people in South Africa by expanding its business
through initiatives such as investments, partnership and acquisitions in India as well as their internal
market e.g. Cipla invested in a biotech manufacturing facility in South Africa.

To the community:
Cipla limited set up a foundation in the year 2010 to provide care and financial support to Indians in need
of health care and education

The Cipla palliative care and training center in Pune which was established in 1997 continue to provide
holistic care to terminally ill cancer patients and their families free of charge. It was mainly to focus on
the center to reach out more cancer patients in need of palliative care and to integrate palliative medicine
with curative therapy.

Cipla extends support to various NGOs engaged in various social initiatives include education and health,
old age homes, orphans and different disabled people.

To the competitors:
Cipla Limited’s products are well recognized by the regulatory authorities of India, USA, Germany and
the U.K among other countries in the world. This provides credibility to the products of Cipla.

To the customers:
Cipla limited provides and supports cancer patients by providing them low cost medicines, it has made
the cancer medicines affordable to all cancer patients.

To the environment:
Cipla limited promotes environmental sustainability conservation of natural resources and renewable
energy resources as well as enhances livelihood and undertakes sustainable rural development projects.

To the government:
Cipla Limited’s prices of pharmaceutical drugs in India are controlled and regulated by the National
Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)

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Cipla pays taxes in order to be able to export its drugs to different countries like South Africa, USA,
Germany and U.K among other countries.

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