Novartis India Limited (NIL) is an India-based pharmaceutical company. The business operations of the Company include pharmaceuticals, generic, over the counter (OTC) and animal health. The Pharmaceuticals segment comprises a portfolio of prescription medicines, which are provided to patients through healthcare professionals. The Generics segment comprises retail generics products. The business unit primarily focuses on the therapeutic segments, such as anti tuberculosis, anti-dub (gynaecology), anti-histamines, antibiotics, anti-ulcerants, anti-diabetes and cardiovascular. The Animal Health segment has a presence primarily in the cattle and poultry market segments. The OTC segment is mainly in the vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements (VMS) and cough, cold and allergy (CoCoA) market segments.