Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) was formed in 1961 to help Indian manufacturers and to protect the interest of the Indian consumer.

Membership of over 700 wholly-Indian large, medium and small companies.

Turnover of Indian pharma industry has grown exponentially from Rs.10 crore (about US$ 2 million) in 1948 to about Rs. 1,00,000 crore (US $ 21 billion) today, a growth rate of over 15%.

Members’ Indian Market share – about 75% in formulations and about 85% in bulk drugs.

Exports of about Rs. 50,000 crore (over US $ 10 billion) last year growing at 22% average.

Members’ Export Record – about 65% of India’s total drugs & pharma exports.

More than 150 factories are approved by US FDA, UK-MCA, Australia and South Africa Authorities and many more are holding WHO-GMP certificates.

India is ranked 3rd largest country in terms of production volume and 13th in terms of value with 8% of World’s Production but only 1.5% of Value.

The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry employs over 4.2 million personnel, both in manufacturing and ancillary sectors.

The growth which the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry has achieved is mainly due to the Indian Patent Act, 1970.

IDMA has been in the forefront actively supporting Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in compiling and bringing out the Indian Pharmacopoeia for many years and also continues its whole-hearted support to the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) in its activities.

IDMA has been successfully organizing Pharmaceutical Analysts Convention (PAC) for many years with the active participation of the Regulatory Authorities, both Central and States. The 13th IDMA-APA PAC 2010 is being organized on 14th and 15th October 2010 in Mumbai.

IDMA Publications:
IDMA Bulletin - a weekly communication medium with members and other interested readers now in 41st year.

Indian Drugs - Monthly scientific and technical journal now in 47th year.

IDMA Annual Publication - a reference compendium which contains a wealth of information and data on the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. Latest 48th edition released.

Indian Herbal Pharmacopoeia – containing exhaustive monographs on herbal plants with medicinal value.

IDMA-APA Forum - for professional Pharmaceutical Analysts.

IDMA-PEG Newsletter - for Pharmaceutical Engineers.

Technical Monographs - Guidelines on standards in manufacture.

IDMA has instituted various Annual Awards as below:
QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARDS for Bulk Drug and Formulation manufacturing units.

IDMA BEST PATENT AWARDS for Best patents granted in India and globally for greater emphasis on innovative Research.

IDMA RESEARCH AWARDS and the Best Review Article Award for the best Original Research papers and Review Article published in ‘Indian Drugs’.

IDMA J B MODY AWARDS for the top-ranking B. Pharm students of Indian Universities .

IDMA-APA EMINENT ANALYST AWARD in recognition of life-time contribution and expertise in the field of Quality Assurance/Quality Control.

IDMA-APA OUTSTANDING AND YOUNG ANALYST AWARDS to encourage and promote young professional analysts.