A Decade At The Top: Lupin MD On Listing Adjacencies, Creating Healthcare Continuum

Promoters Don’t Intend Selling Stake

As family-led firms go through a churn in India, Lupin’s MD Nilesh Gupta speaks about adding value via adjacencies to the legacy business, building digital interfaces and a healthcare continuum for patients. In an interview with Scrip, he also emphasized Lupin promoters are neither interested in selling their own stake nor in acquiring that of Cipla’s promoters.

Lupin Ltd Managing Director Nilesh Gupta
Lupin MD Nilesh Gupta On Moving Beyond Drugs To Create A Healthcare Continuum • Source: Lupin Ltd

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