Sun Pharmaceuticals
Also known as: SPIL | SUN PHARM | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited | SUN PHARMA GLOBAL | Sun Pharma Global FZE | SunPharm Corp | SUN PHARM INDS | SUN PHARM INDS (IN) | SUN PHARM INDS INC | SUN PHARM INDS LTD | SUN PHARM INDUSTRIES | TIAN JIN CHASE SUN PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD
Highest phase reached
Phase 4
First clinical trial
Dec 1, 2004First marketed drug
Jul 1, 1983First NDA
Apr 24, 1985Last known activity
Mar 24, 2026
Timeline
1980s
- Jul 1, 1983
Sun Pharmaceuticals— Founded
1990s
- Dec 17, 1990
ulobetasol propionate— NDA Organization
- Jan 1, 1997
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories— Acquired
2010s
- Jan 1, 2012
DUSA Pharmaceuticals— Acquired
- Jan 1, 2014
Pharmalucence— Acquired
- Apr 6, 2014
Ranbaxy— Acquired
- Jan 1, 2015
InSite Vision— Acquired
- Jan 1, 2015
Zalicus— Acquired
- Apr 8, 2016
bromfenac— NDA Secondary Org
- Dec 15, 2016
Ocular Technologies SARL— Acquired
- Apr 6, 2018
paliperidone— Marketing Organization
2020s
- Jan 19, 2024
Taro Pharmaceuticals— Acquired
Drugs by trial phase (141 distinct, 315 trials)
Phase 4 (6 own, 5 via acquisition)
Phase 3 (10 own, 8 via acquisition)
Phase 2 (7 own, 22 via acquisition)
Phase 1 (2 own, 38 via acquisition)
Other trials (0 own, 43 via acquisition)
Indications
Approved for
Studied for
- Anovulation
- Arthritis
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Asthma
- Atrophy
- Bipolar Disorder
- Dermatitis
- Dermatitis, Atopic
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Dry Eye Syndromes
- Eczema
- Eye Diseases
- Glaucoma
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Hypertension
- Infertility
- Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
- Mucositis
- Ocular Hypertension
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Psoriasis
- Schizophrenia
- Skin Diseases
- Spondylarthritis
- Spondylitis
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing
- Stomatitis
Marketed drugs (389)
Subsidiaries (9 direct, 12 total across the full acquisition tree)
Recent trials (50)
- NCT07282743Lead sponsorPhase 2Jan 31, 2026
- NCT06952517CollaboratorPhase 2Mar 14, 2025
- NCT06611163Lead sponsorPhase 3Nov 30, 2024
- NCT06425900Lead sponsorPhase 4Jul 1, 2024
- NCT06415279Lead sponsorPhase 4Feb 29, 2024
- NCT06415292Lead sponsorPhase 4Nov 27, 2023
- NCT06415305Lead sponsorPhase 4Sep 1, 2023
- NCT06159842CollaboratorPhase 2Aug 8, 2023
- NCT05561634CollaboratorPhase 2Jul 31, 2023
- NCT06880848CollaboratorPhase 4Jun 21, 2023
- NCT05978219CollaboratorPhase 4May 25, 2023
- NCT05957211CollaboratorN/AMay 19, 2023
- NCT05390515CollaboratorPhase 4Sep 1, 2022
- NCT05143528CollaboratorPhase 3Feb 1, 2022
- NCT04991116Lead sponsorPhase 3Jan 31, 2022
Details
- Founded
- Vapi, Gujarat, IN Jul 1, 1983
- First NDA
- Apr 24, 1985
- Last known activity
- Mar 24, 2026
Designations held
- Orphan drug
- Fast track
- Priority review