Dr Reddy's Laboratories founder Dr Anji Reddy passes away
posted on Mar 15, 2013 @ 7:07PM
Dr. K. Anji Reddy, Founder and Chairman of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Friday. He was 72. He is survived by wife Samrajyam, daughter Anuradha and son K. Satish Reddy.
An acknowledged pioneer of reverse engineering Dr. Reddy was held in high esteem by the scientific community dealing with pharmaceuticals. His contribution was significant in making pharmaceutical products globally competitive and, at the same time, affordable to the common man.
He was known for leveraging genuine technological interventions to make active pharmaceutical ingredients effective.
Apart from his pre-eminent position in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Reddy was active in "giving back to society" and established the Dr. Reddy's Foundation and the Naandi Foundation.
Dr. Reddy was ailing for the past few months from a lung disorder and was admitted to a private hospital about 10 days ago where a team of doctors attended on him round-the-clock. The end came around 4.30 p.m. on Friday.