A fire incident happened at the Indian multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Laurus Labs in which four employees died.
The incident happened in a room in a manufacturing block of its plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh leading to the death of four employees.
As per reports, The other manufacturing blocks were running normally and it did not expect any material impact on its operations.
Laurus Labs has said, One other employee is undergoing treatment in a hospital after the incident that occurred on Monday evening.
Laurus Labs has launched an investigation without giving any other specifics about the incident. The company employs over 5,700 people at more than eight facilities.
Laurus Labs is uniquely positioned to help its clients in their endeavor of ‘quicker to market’ & thus contributing towards improving access to quality & affordable healthcare worldwide. The company specializes in anti-retroviral, hepatitis C, and oncology drugs.
It is equipped with a world-class infrastructure manned by best-in-class personnel & driven by the core values of knowledge, innovation, and excellence, within a relatively short period.
Laurus labs emerged as a segment-leading manufacturer of high-quality APIs, a preferred partner for NCE development & manufacture & a trusted source of specialty ingredients for the nutraceutical industry.
