IPR and Economic Development

A PRIMER
 Companies, their IP System and increase in
business development
• PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
• The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry today is
R&D based industries with huge capabilities in
the complex field of drug manufacture and
technology.
 RANBAXY
• Exports account for 58 percent of sales. Largest
markets include: U.S., Brazil, Russia, China. ƒ
• 28% of sales are in the U.S. market. ƒ
• Sales drugs in over 100 foreign countries,
manufacturing operations in 7 countries, and
offices in 44. ƒ
• R&D budget: $75 million (2004). ƒ Employment:
1,700
 DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES
• India’s 3rd largest drug producer.
• Revenues: $502 million (July 2006).
• 66% of revenues earned in foreign markets.
• 41% of earning derived from formulations.
• Investing 6.5% of sales in R&D.
• Employees: 7,525.
 BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTOR
• India is experiencing revolution in Bio-Tech sector and
has a large number of bio-tech firms.
• The country has a global market worth $91 billion.
• There is great scope and potential for affordable R&D
through bio-partnering and co-developing technologies
with Chinese and American companies.
• Already the world pharma companies are seeking India
to set their research and development centers here.
• The govt. is continuously revising its policies to promote
foreign investment and technology in this sector.
 BIOCON
• Income from research services increased by 52%
to Rs. 1,006 million in 2005-2006 from Rs. 662
million in 2004-2005
• Total Income increased by 9% to Rs. 7,932 million
• R&D spend increased 76% to Rs. 764 million •
Dividend recommended at 50% (Rs. 2.5 per share)
• Operating Margins sustained at a healthy 30% at
Rs. 2,340 million
 IT Sector
• Software and and IT enabled services industry
of India has been recognized globally in terms
of its substantial size in global market and
wide spectrum of technologies provided by it.
• Government is making all efforts to retain this
leadership and operate in a conducive way to
enhance one's own Intellectual Properties.
 IT Sector
• India is a hub of patent filing ideas for the IT based
U.S. companies.
• Indian units of Cisco Systems, Intel, IBM, Texas
Instruments, GE have filed 1,000 patent applications
with the US Patent Office and Texas Instruments has
225 US patents 7 awarded to its Indian operation.
• Opportunities for the Indian IT industry in the coming
days are going to emerge primarily from the fields of
embedded systems, chip design and incorporating
software in non-Computing devices.
 WIPRO

•Service line: VLSI:ASIC & SoC designs, complete

system designs, DSPs, multimedia code cs,
product strategy & lifestyle management,
product support, firmware development,
application software development.
• 2005 revenue: $ 2.4 million
• 2005 net profit: $ 456 million