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& Cipla Announce Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Partnership for Select Brands in India

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Pfizer & Cipla Announce Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Partnership for Select Brands in India
  • This partnership will significantly enhance availability of key brands for patients across the country

Mumbai, December 19, 2025: Pfizer India and Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087; NSE: CIPLA EQ; and hereafter referred to as "Cipla") today announced a partnership where Cipla will exclusively market and distribute four brands of Pfizer in India.

Under the agreement, Cipla now has the sole right to market, distribute and sell the cough syrup Corex Dx and Corex LS, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) Dolonex, the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) Neksium and the oral antibiotic Dalacin C*in India. Pfizer will continue to manufacture, source and supply these

medicines to Cipla for India.

Meenakshi Nevatia, Country President, Pfizer India, said, "At Pfizer, expanding the reach of our medicines for patients is paramount and we are delighted to partner with Cipla to achieve this common mission. With Pfizer's legacy of breakthroughs, quality and innovation, and Cipla's extensive distribution reach and network, we

believe this partnership will help meet the needs of millions of patients across India effectively. Together, we are committed to advancing healthcare outcomes and enhancing patient lives everywhere."

Achin Gupta, Global Chief Operating Officer, Cipla Ltd. said, "At Cipla, we believe meaningful partnerships help make strong brands even stronger. This association with Pfizer aligns with our continued focus on building a

formidable presence across key therapy areas and enhancing access to high quality treatments guided by our purpose of 'Caring for Life'. Our distribution capabilities will support wider reach for such trusted therapies to patients who need them the most."

Pfizer has been serving patients across India for over 75 years, driven by a commitment to deliver

breakthroughs that transform lives. This marks the first partnership between Pfizer and Cipla in India. The agreement aims to make Pfizer's medicines widely available across India by combining its well-established portfolio with Cipla's deep market reach.

*Dalacin C is a part of Pfizer Products India Pvt. Ltd; Corex Dx; Corex LS, Dolonex and Neksium are a part of Pfizer Ltd.

About Pfizer: Breakthroughs That Change Patients' Lives

At Pfizer, we apply cutting-edge science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development, and manufacture of health care products, including innovative medicines and vaccines. Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments, and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with health care providers, governments, and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For more than 170 years, we have worked to make a difference for all who rely on us. We routinely post information that may be important to investors on our website at http://www.pfizer.co.in

About Cipla

Established in 1935, Cipla is a global pharmaceutical company focused on agile and sustainable growth, complex generics, and deepening portfolio in our home markets of India, South Africa, North America, and key regulated

and emerging markets. Our strengths in the respiratory, anti-retroviral, urology, cardiology, anti-infective and CNS segments are well-known. Our 46 manufacturing sites around the world produce 50+ dosage forms and 1,500+ products using cutting-edge technology platforms to cater to our 74+ markets. Cipla is ranked 3rd largest in pharma in India (IQVIA MAT Mar'25), 2nd largest in the pharma prescription market in South Africa (IQVIA MAT Feb'25), and 4th largest by prescription for Generic inhalation products in the US Gx (IQVIA TRx MAT Mar'25). For almost nine decades, making a difference to patients has inspired every aspect of Cipla's work. Our paradigm-changing offer of a triple anti-retroviral therapy in HIV/AIDS at less than a dollar a day in Africa in 2001 is widely acknowledged as having contributed to bringing inclusiveness, accessibility, and affordability to the centre of the HIV movement. A responsible corporate citizen, Cipla's humanitarian approach to healthcare in pursuit of its purpose of 'Caring for Life' and deep-rooted community links wherever it is present make it a partner of choice to global health bodies, peers, and all stakeholders. For more, please visit www.cipla.com, or click on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.

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