Escientia Pharma, Where 18 People Died In The Explosion, Expands Its Business To America

Escentiia Pharma Headquarters in America (indicative photo)Image credit source: Unsplash

On Wednesday, a major accident occurred at the Essentia Pharma company located in the special economic zone of Achyutapuram, Andhra Pradesh. There was a massive explosion near the reactor and then the news of the death of 18 people came. Many of the people injured in the accident suffered 60 percent burns. In such a situation, there is a discussion everywhere about the status of this pharmaceutical company for such a big accident to have occurred there.

Escientia Pharma’s website and LinkedIn profile provide a lot of information about the company. It was started in 2007 by Dr. Yadgiri Pendri, who is also the CEO of the company today.

The business has expanded to the United States.

According to the company’s LinkedIn profile, its global headquarters are located in South Windsor, Connecticut. Its research center is also located here. It is a US-registered company, but almost all of its work is done in India. The company’s total number of employees ranges between 1,000 and 1,500. It has a development center in Hyderabad, Telangana. The company claims that this pharmaceutical factory in Andhra Pradesh is one of the most modern pharmaceutical manufacturing units in the world.

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In such a situation, an accident at the Escientia Pharma factory is bound to raise many questions. The company’s website has stated that American technology has been used in its manufacturing unit.

How does Escientia Pharma work?

Now, if we talk about how Essentia Pharma works, there is information about it available on the company’s official website. The company works with pharmacists and biotechnologists around the world, helping them in research and development as well as partnering with them in manufacturing.

Not only this, the company has cutting-edge technology related to the pharmaceutical sector. This includes green chemistry, biotransformation, and automation. Every year, many young people join the company directly as employees after completing their studies. After that, the company conducts research with them on many complex drugs. The company remains associated with these drug innovators throughout the research, development, and commercialization process and ultimately helps them become top pharmaceutical companies and a part of the supply chain of governments.

However, regarding this accident in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief and condoled the dead and injured. So far, 36 people are reported to have been seriously injured in this accident.