Cipla Medpro
Health in Cape Town

Headquartered in Cape Town, with regional offices throughout the country, Cipla is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange through holding company Cipla Medpro South Africa Limited.

A world where all South Africans have access to world class medicines at affordable prices. Cipla is one of the largest generic manufacturers in Asia, with research, development and manufacturing facilities worldwide. All South Africans should have access to world class, affordable pharmaceutical medicines which is why we produce medicines of superior quality. Our people are passionate about community support, contributing to sustainable development for respective societies. Life comes with a lot of demands, which can lead to an accumulation of stress. One of the biggest health issues facing women across the world is the rising rate of cervical cancer. Our people are passionate about ensuring sustainable development and to make a positive impact on our respective societies. It is important that consumers rely on the advice of a healthcare professional to employ good clinical judgment for the specific conditions of individual patients. Bringing world class, flexible, contract manufacturing solutions to South Africa. CMM is a 100% owned factory of Cipla Ltd (India) and derives direct benefit from the pharmaceutical manufacturing expertise and technologies that Cipla has garnered over the last 75 years. It brings world class, flexible, contract manufacturing solutions to South Africa. Situated in Durban, CMM is one of South Africa’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturing plants that is approved by both the RSA’s Medicines Control Council (MCC/PIC’s) and the Ghana FDA. The factory headed by a strong and experienced management team is fully equipped to offer all pharmaceutical companies a world class, high volume manufacturing solution for oral solid dosage formulations. Customers can be assured of the benefit of leveraging our competitive advantage and strong buying power when sourcing raw and packaging materials. The facility is uniquely designed in that there is physical segregation between the stores, primary and secondary processing areas. All incoming materials (raw materials, primary and secondary material) and finished goods are received and housed in dedicated stores that are temperature and humidity controlled. Turnkey manufacturing, packaging and testing solution for all solid dosage formulations. The manufacturing division is fully equipped for wet granulation (including effervescent granules), direct compression (including hard gelatine capsules), high speed tabletting and aqueous & solvent coating. Wet granulation suites equipped with a range of rapid mix granulators, fluid bed equipment, sieves and mills. Effervescent manufacturing suite equipped with planetary mixer and tray drying ovens. Coating suites with high-tech coaters capable of handling solvent, aqueous and sugar coating. CMM’s 300-strong staff complement is headed by a strong management team experienced in international manufacturing practices. A full engineering support team is on site to maintain the state of the art equipment and ensure continuous machine operation and minimize downtimes through an extensive preventive maintenance program. A highly skilled team of qualified professionals across all areas and departments ensure that quality assurance, quality systems, technology transfer and manufacturing processes are maintained at international standards. The state of the art QC lab is fully equipped with stability ovens, HPLC’s, dissolution baths, GC, FTIR, UV & AA spectrophotometer, autoclaves and incubators can handle all chemical & microbiological analysis and post importation testing.