Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited

Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL) is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Uganda. According to a 2007 published report, it was the only company in Africa that manufactured triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.[2] CiplaQCIL also manufactures the antimalarial drug Lumartem, containing artemisinin and lumefantrine,[3] and the Hepatitis B generic medicines Texavir and Zentair.[4][5]

Not to be confused with Quality Chemicals Limited.
Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited
Public
USE: CQCIL
IndustryPharmaceutical Industry
FoundedJuly 10, 2005 (2005-07-10)
HeadquartersLuzira, Kampala, Uganda
Key people
Emmanuel Katongole
Executive Chairman
Nevin Bradford
Executive Director & CEO
ServicesPharmaceuticals
Revenue:Aftertax:USh6.786 billion (US$1.853 million) (2019)
Total assetsUSh287.561 billion (US$78.516 million) (March 2019)
Number of employees
350 (2012)[1]
Websiteciplaqcil.co.ug

Location

CiplaQCIL's pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is located in Luzira, a neighborhood in Nakawa Division in south-eastern Kampala. The plant is approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi), by road, south-east of Kampala's central business district.[6] The coordinates of the plant are 0°18'17.0"N, 32°38'22.0"E (Latitude:0.304723; Longitude:32.639436).[7]

Overview

As of March 2019, the company's total assets were valued at USh287.561 billion (US$78.516 million), with shareholders' equity of USh168.310 billion (US$46 million).[8]

History

In 2004, Quality Chemicals Limited (QCL) convinced Indian drug maker Cipla to go into a joint venture with QCL and the government of Uganda to establish a pharmaceutical plant in Uganda. Ground was broken in 2005 and the factory was commissioned in 2007,[9] with capacity of 6 million pills daily.[10]

In 2009, TLG Capital, a London-based private equity company,[11] invested an undisclosed amount of money in the plant.[12] Later, CapitalWorks Investment Partners, a private equity firm based in South Africa, also became a shareholder in the plant.[13] In February 2010, the government of Uganda divested from the plant by selling its shares "at cost" to CiplaQCIL. The transaction was valued at US$5 million.[14]

In February 2011, the owners of the plant announced a US$40 million expansion of the production line to include increased production of antiretroviral and antimalarial medication. In April 2012, British media reported that CiplaQCIL was in the process of expanding its manufacturing capacity fourfold. The plant had received approval of its processes and products from the World Health Organization. The products were expected to be initially marketed in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[14]

According to a 2012 published report, a second plant is being planned to be built next to the first plant, which would raise CiplaQCIL's manufacturing capacity to 18 million pills daily.[15]

As of April 2016, the company's products were marketed in Cameroon, Comoros, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.[16]

In February 2020, the factory passed the first of three stages, in qualification to supply medication to South Africa. At that time, the following countries were accepting shipments from the factory: (1) Tanzania (2) Namibia (3) Sierra Leone (4) Angola (5) Mozambique (6) Zambia (7) Rwanda and (8) Myanmar.[17] In March 2020 the company shipped 300,000 ARV does to South Africa. This was followed by another 150,000 doses in April 2020, to be followed by 150,000 doses every month thereafter. Rwanda, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Zambia are receiving regular shipments from CQCIL.[18]

CQCIL began shipment of antiretroviral drugs to Botswana in June 2020. During the second quarter of 2020, pharmaceutical sales totaled US$10million (USh37 billion). Of that Uganda accounted for US$1 million (10 percent) and Botswana purchased drugs worth US$4 million (40 percent). Other African countries bought the remaining US$5 million (50 percent), worth of pharmaceuticals during the quarter.[19]

Ownership of pharmaceutical plant

As of April 2017, the shareholding in the pharmaceutical plant was as depicted in the table below:[20] In 2017, the company began to implement plans to list some of its shares on the Uganda Securities Exchange.[21] After the listing it is expected that the shareholding in the company stock will be as reflected in the table below.[20][22][23][24]

Shareholding In CiplaQCIL Pharmaceutical Factory
Rank Name of Owner % Ownership Pre-IPO % Ownership Post-IPO
1Meditab Holdings Limited[25]51.05[23]51.05[23]
2Cipla European Union[23]11.25[23]0.00[23]
3CapitalWorks Investment Partners14.40[26]11.11[23]
4TLG Capital (Amistad)12.50[27]11.50[23]
5Emmanuel Katongole3.60[20]2.78[23]
5Frederick Mutebi Kitaka3.60[20]2.78[23]
6George Baguma3.60[20]2.78[23]
7Other investors via USE0.00[20]18.00[23]
Total100.00100.00
  • Cipla also owns 51 percent of Quality Chemicals Limited.[28]
  • Up until May 2015 Quality Chemicals Limited owned 22.05 percent of CiplaQCIL.[28] Sometime after that, Quality Chemicals sold their entire shareholding; 10.8 percent to three of the individual founders and the remaining 11.25 percent to Cipla European Union, thus raising Cipla's shareholding to the pre-IPO level of 62.3 percent.[29]

Governance

The executive chairman of the board of directors of CiplaQCIL is Emmanuel Katongole, who was formerly the managing director of QCIL. He replaced Francis Kitaka, the first person in East Africa to train as a biochemist,[30][31] The managing director of CiplaQCIL is Nevin Bradford.[32]

Valuation

In September 2018, CQCIL offloaded 18 percent shareholding to institutional and individual investors. The IPO raised US$43.8 million. This puts the valuation of shareholders equity in the company at US$243.3 million.[33]

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See also

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