Cadila Pharmaceuticals to distribute Bactiguard products throughout India

Bactiguard has signed an exclusive co-operation with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest healthcare manufacturing groups in India. A signing process will take place at the Swedish Ambassador's residency tonight.

Cadila Pharmaceuticals will sell the entire line of Bactiguard´s products throughout India. The Indian medical device market is currently worth approximately 2 billion US dollar and growing 15% annually.

"For Bactiguard this is a milestone. India is one of the world's most interesting and fastest growing markets right now, and we are proud to be able to help India with our expertise in the field of infection protection. We are hoping to reduce the number of hospital acquired infections and thereby also reduce the use of antibiotics in India together with Cadila. I am very proud to be able to work with Cadila to improve health care in India", says Christian Kinch, CEO of Bactiguard.

Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Managing Director, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has explained why Cadila has chosen to work with Bactiguard. "We have chosen to work with Bactiguard of Sweden because hospital- acquired infections are a big problem for patients in our country and Bactiguard has a unique solution targeted at preventing health care associated infections. We are confident that hospitals in our country will embrace Bactiguard's clinically proven solution in order to help save lives in India."