Sector/ Activit Sectoral Cap Entry Route
Pharmaceuticals    
Greenfield 100% Automatic
Greenfield 100% Automatic up to 74%; Government route beyond 74%
Other Conditions    

Other Conditions

(a) 'Non-compete' clause would not be allowed except in special circumstances with the Government approval.

(b) The prospective investor and the prospective investee are required to provide a certificate given at 16.4 along with the application submitted for Government approval.

(c) Government approval may incorporate appropriate conditions for foreign investment in brownfield cases.

(d) Foreign investment in brownfield pharmaceuticals, irrespective of entry route, is further subject to the following conditions:

(i) The production level of National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) drugs and/ or consumables and their supply to the domestic market at the time of induction of foreign investment, being maintained over the next five years at an absolute quantitative level. The benchmark for this level would be decided with reference to the level of production of NLEM drugs and/ or consumables in the three financial years, immediately preceding the year of induction of foreign investment. Of these, the highest level of production in any of these three years would be taken as the level.

(ii) Research and Development (R&D) expenses being maintained in value terms for 5 years at an absolute quantitative level at the time of induction of foreign investment. The benchmark for this level would be decided with reference to the highest level of R&D expenses which has been incurred in any of the three financial years immediately preceding the year of induction of foreign investment.

(iii) The administrative Ministry will be provided complete information pertaining to the transfer of technology, if any, along with induction of foreign investment into the investee company.

(iv) The administrative Ministry (s) i.e. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Pharmaceuticals or any other regulatory Agency/Development as notified by Central Government from time to time, will monitor the compliance of conditionalities. Note :

(1) Foreign investment up to 100% under the automatic route is permitted for manufacturing of medical devices. The abovementioned conditions will, therefore, not be applicable to greenfield as well as brownfield projects of this industry.

(2) Medical device means :-

(a)Any instrument, apparatus, appliance, implant, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software, intended by its manufacturer to be used specially for human beings or animals for one or more of the specific purposes of:- (aa) Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of any disease or disorder; (ab) diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of, or assistance for, any injury or handicap; (ac) investigation, replacement or modification or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process; (ad) supporting or sustaining life; (ae) disinfection of medical devices; (af) control of conception;andwhich does not achieve its primary intended action in or on the human body or animals by any pharmacological or immunological or metabolic means, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means;(b)an accessory to such an instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or other article;(c)a device which is reagent, reagent product, calibrator, control material, kit, instrument, apparatus, equipment or system whether used alone or in combination thereof intended to be used for examination and providing information for medical or diagnostic purposes by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body or animals.

(3)The definition of medical device at Note (2) above would be subject to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

Certificate to be Furnished by the Prospective Investor as well as the Prospective Recipient Entity

It is certified that the following is the complete list of all inter-se agreements, including the shareholders agreement, entered into between foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharmaceutical entity
1. ..................
2. ...................
3. ...................

(copies of all agreements to be enclosed)
It is also certified that none of the inter-se agreements, including the shareholders agreement, entered into between foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharmaceutical entity contain any non-compete clause in any form whatsoever.
It is further certified that there are no other contracts/agreements between the foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharma entity other than those listed above.
The foreign investor(s) and investee brownfield pharma entity undertake to submit to the FIPB any inter-se agreements that may be entered into between them subsequent to the submission and consideration of this application.


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