HLL Lifecare
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| Industry | Health Care |
| Founded | 1966, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
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Key people
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Dr. M. Ayyappan, Chairman & Managing Director |
| Products | Condoms Hormonal contraception Surgical Equipment |
| Revenue |  INR 1059 crores(FY 2014-2015 provisional) |
| INR 42 crores provisional | |
| Slogan | "Innovating for Healthy Generations" |
| Website | www.lifecarehll.com |
HLL Lifecare Limited (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited) (HLL) is an Indian healthcare products manufacturing company based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. A Government of India-owned corporation (Public-sector undertaking).
Products
It produces health care products, including: condoms, surgical sutures, hydrocephalus shunts, tissue expanders, blood bags, and contraceptive pills. One of HLL's contraceptive products is ormeloxifene, branded as Saheli, the world’s first and only oral non-hormonal, non-steroidal oral contraceptive, taken as a weekly pill.[1] In 2012, HLL announced a polymerase chain reaction based duplex test kit for chikungunya and dengue fever tests in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum.[2]
History
Earlier Hindustan Lever Limited, had the acronym HLL, but Hindustan Lever Limited changed their name to Hindustan Unilever Limited with acronym as HUL.
In 2005, HLL established LifeSpring Hospitals, a 50-50 joint venture with the Acumen Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofit global venture philanthropy fund, to provide low-cost maternity services, starting at Hyderabad. Today it has nine hospitals across Andhra Pradesh state.[3][4][5][6]
In February 2014, HLL acquired 74% Equity in Goa Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Hindustan Latex is world's largest condom producer Financial Express, Nov 24, 2007.
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