Lupin was founded in 1968 by Dr. Desh Bandhu Gupta, a visionary with a compelling mission to create a better world for people.

DBG as he was fondly called, started the company with a dream – a dream to fight life-threatening, infectious diseases with affordable and high-quality drugs of the highest social priority. With his vision, commitment and passion, Dr. Gupta steered the organisation to become one of the fastest growing generic pharmaceutical companies around the world and is now recognised as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tuberculosis medicines.

The name ‘Lupin’ was inspired by the flower Lupin, which is known to nourish the soil it grows in.