Cipan is a company dedicated to the research, development and production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Advanced intermediates. Founded by Sebastiao Alves in 1960, it has been involved mainly in the development and production of different types of antibiotics by both fermentation and chemical synthesis.

The factory was inspected by the FDA in 1965 for the first time and has since been favorably inspected by the FDA and other regulatory authorities

With almost six decades of experience in the development and production of Tetracyclines, Cipan has become the world leader in the production of this class of Antibiotics and other Active Ingredients.

Cipan is also a Contract Development and Manufacturing organization and is a company of the