November 26, 2012 10:16 pm | Updated 10:16 pm IST - AHMEDABAD:
Industrialist Indravadan A. Modi passed away here on Monday following a brief illness.
He was 87.
Modi, who was the Chairman of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, championed the cause of the pharma industry, and became a rallying point against the new patent regime of the 1970 Act during its consideration stages, a company statement said.
Modi made a foray into pharma in 1951 by setting up Cadila Laboratories.
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