[7] Its main activities include the manufacturing and marketing of prescription pharmaceutical brands, surgical and medical devices.

Its largest presence in three therapeutic segments, Women's Healthcare, Wound Care and Nutraceuticals.

It manufacture various dosage forms like tablets, capsules, syrups, injectables, topical creams and ointments.

[8] In 1989, Jagdish Saxena formed Elder Pharmaceuticals in Mumbai when he lost his job due to the shut down of the pharma division of a company for which he was working.

[10] On 13 December 2013, Torrent Pharmaceuticals signed a definitive deal to acquire Elder Pharmaceuticals' branded domestic formulations business in India and Nepal for ₹2,000 crore.