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RIFANOS-550 in Chennai

RIFAXIMIN 550MG

RIFANOS-550 — Tablets
10x10 ALU Tablets MRP ₹ 5,000.00 Open full size

Product sheet as published in the UNOS Biotech catalogue.

Product summary

Rifaximin at 550 mg — the longer-course strength. Carrying both 400 and 550 is unusual on a PCD list; most hold one and lose the prescription that specifies the other. These two sell alongside each other, not instead.

  • Composition: RIFAXIMIN 550MG.
  • Trade pack: 10x10 ALU.
  • Printed MRP ₹5,000.00; net rate, PTR and PTS are quoted against it.
  • Available on third party manufacturing, PCD franchise and distribution against a valid drug licence.

Product specification

Brand nameRIFANOS-550
CompositionRIFAXIMIN 550MG
Packing10x10 ALU
Dosage formTablets
Product typeAllopathic
Therapeutic segment Tablets, Anti-Infectives
MRP ₹ 5,000.00 Printed MRP per pack. Net rate, PTR and PTS on enquiry.
Marketed byUNOS BIOTECH PVT. LTD., Panchkula, Haryana

Rifaximin 550 mg, 10x10 alu-alu.

RIFANOS-550 — RIFAXIMIN 550MG supplied in Chennai

RIFANOS-550 is a Tablets line: RIFAXIMIN 550MG, supplied as 10x10 ALU. The printed MRP on the pack is ₹5,000.00. UNOS BIOTECH PVT. LTD. markets it from Panchkula, Haryana and dispatches ex-Chandigarh to Chennai and the rest of the country.

What is in RIFANOS-550

The composition line on RIFANOS-550 reads RIFAXIMIN 550MG and stops there.

Plain molecules are the gaps on most competing price lists, because combinations are cheaper to differentiate and easier to sell. The consequence shows up at the counter rather than on the sheet: the prescription that specified the plain molecule goes to whoever had it.

Pack and presentation

The trade pack is 10x10 ALU. That is 100 tablets to a box. That is the unit that is quoted, invoiced and shipped, so it is the unit to compare against anybody else's sheet.

Tablets are the cheapest dosage form to pack and the easiest to get wrong. The two layouts that matter on a rate sheet are blister and alu-alu. Blister is clear PVC on the front with foil behind it, which lets a chemist see the tablet and lets moisture in slowly. Alu-alu is aluminium on both faces: opaque, more expensive, and a genuine barrier. A 10x10 box holds a hundred tablets, a 10x15 holds a hundred and fifty, and the second one always looks cheaper per unit on a comparison sheet while tying up half again as much money per box.

This one is alu-alu — aluminium on both faces of the strip rather than clear PVC on one side and foil on the other. Alu-alu costs more and it is a genuine moisture barrier where blister is not. In a godown through a monsoon, that is the difference between stock that holds its dating and stock that quietly does not.

At the trade counter

At the counter, tablets move in strips rather than boxes, so the retailer's working capital is spread thinly and reorders are frequent and small. A stockist who carries the strip sizes a prescriber actually writes turns stock faster than one carrying the cheapest box in the segment.

Certification: what is claimed and what is not

UNOS BIOTECH PVT. LTD. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company. That is the only certification claimed on this site, and it is worth being precise about what it is: a quality management system standard. It is not a facility approval, it is not a regulatory clearance, and it is not a substitute for either.

You will find Indian pharma sites claiming more than they hold — plant certifications nobody issued them, approvals from authorities that do not grant them to a marketing company at all. A buyer who checks finds out, and the supplier who made the claim has a harder conversation than the one who never did. Every consignment of RIFANOS-550 travels with its batch documentation, which is the thing a buyer can actually verify.

What to carry alongside RIFANOS-550

Belongs alongside the rest of its therapeutic block on a price list.

Works best as part of a basket aimed at one chamber rather than as a standalone line.

PCD pharma franchise for RIFANOS-550 in Chennai

PCD appointments on RIFANOS-550 are district-wise. One associate per district for the range: two are never appointed into the same market, because a monopoly that is not actually exclusive is not worth the paper the agreement is printed on.

What that means in practice for an associate in Chennai is that the prescriber work you put in is yours. Building a chamber takes months, and an associate who finds a second supplier's man in the same waiting room has lost those months.

What it means for us is that a district has to be open before it can be offered. Ask about yours specifically rather than about the state; the answer is different district by district.

The RIFANOS family

The RIFANOS range runs to 2 products. Besides RIFANOS-550:

  • RIFANOS-400 — RIFAXIMIN 400MG, 10x10 ALU

One brand stem across several presentations is worth real money in a chamber: the prescriber remembers one name instead of three, and the associate has one conversation instead of three. That is most of why the family is built this way.

Licence and documentation

Whatever route you buy RIFANOS-550 on, the paperwork is the same: a valid drug licence and a GST registration, both in the name of the firm that will appear on the invoice. A wholesale buyer usually holds Form 20B and 21B; what matters is that the licence covers the firm being billed, not an associated one.

For a third party manufacturing order there is a third document — the trademark registration or application for any brand name to be printed. That one is needed before artwork, not before dispatch, which gives it a longer runway but makes it easier to forget.

Tablets range available in Chennai

RIFANOS-550 is one of the Tablets lines on this list. The others a buyer usually asks about in the same conversation:

  • ACENOS-COLD — ACECLOFENAC 100MG + PARACETAMOL 325MG + CETIRIZINE 10MG + CAFFEINE 25MG + PHENYLEPHRINE 5MG
  • ACENOS-MR — ACECLOFENAC 100MG + PARACETAMOL 325MG + CHLORZOXAZONE 250MG
  • ACENOS-P — ACECLOFENAC 100MG + PARACETAMOL 325MG
  • ACENOS-SP — ACECLOFENAC 100MG + PARACETAMOL 325MG + SERRATIOPEPTIDASE 15MG
  • ACENOS-SPAS — ACECLOFENAC 100MG + DROTAVERINE HYDROCHLORIDE 80MG
  • BETANOS-16 — BETAHISTINE 16MG
  • BILNOS-20 — BILASTINE 20MG
  • BILNOS-M — BILASTINE 20MG + MONTELUKAST 10MG
  • CALINOS-CCM — CALCIUM CITRATE 500MG + FOLIC ACID 100MG + VITAMIN D3 400 I.U. + ZINC
  • CALINOS-FORTE — CALCIUM CARBONATE 1250MG + VITAMIN D3 20 I.U. + METHYLCOBALAMIN 150MCG + L-METHYLFOLATE CALCIUM 1MG + PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE 0.5MG

A basket built from one segment is easier to sell into a chamber than a basket assembled across five, because the associate is having one conversation with one prescriber rather than five shallow ones.

Who orders RIFANOS-550 in Chennai

Associates with the relevant chamber in their territory, and the chemists around those practices.

Distributors filling a specific gap rather than building a general basket.

Where RIFANOS-550 sits commercially

A targeted line rather than a general one: it moves where the chamber for it exists and sits quietly where it does not.

This product sits in a specialist corner of the list where volumes are modest and the writing is deliberate rather than routine.

MRP, PTR and PTS on RIFANOS-550

MRP on the pack: ₹5,000.00. Against the pack of 100, that is ₹50.00 per tablet at printed MRP — the number to hold in your head when a competing sheet quotes a different pack size. It is the ceiling, not what anybody in the chain pays.

Net rate, PTR and PTS on RIFANOS-550 are worked against the printed MRP and agreed when the order is placed. The three numbers are not independent: moving one moves the others, which is why a supplier who quotes a PTS without saying what MRP it sits under has not told you anything yet.

Rates are ex-Chandigarh. Freight is extra at actuals, GST applies as per the product category, and payment is in advance. A landed cost into Chennai is the rate plus the freight, and comparing a landed quotation with an ex-factory one is the commonest mistake on a first order.

Third party manufacturing of RIFANOS-550 under your own brand

RIFANOS-550 can be manufactured under your own brand name. You keep the brand, the trademark and the market; production, packing and the batch documentation are handled here.

On a third party manufacturing order, tablets are where the per-unit rate falls fastest with quantity, because the tooling and the changeover cost are spread over a bigger run. This is the form where asking for the rate at two quantities instead of one is worth the extra minute: the gap between a small trial batch and a proper run is usually wide enough to change the decision.

To open the enquiry, have the quantity, your drug licence and GST registration in the invoicing firm's name, and the trademark details for the name you intend to print. What comes back is a per-pack rate, the minimum order quantity for this molecule and pack, and a lead time.

Questions we are actually asked about RIFANOS-550

What else is in the RIFANOS range?

Several presentations share the stem. Ask for the family rate rather than the single-product rate; the quantity across the family is usually what moves a quotation.

What is the minimum order quantity for RIFANOS-550?

It depends on the pack and the artwork, and it is not the same figure as for a different dosage form. Send the quantity you have in mind and the minimum for this molecule and pack comes back with the rate.

Can I get RIFANOS-550 without a drug licence?

No. A valid drug licence and a GST registration in the name of the firm being invoiced are required on every route — distribution, franchise and third party manufacturing alike.

What certification does the company hold?

ISO 9001:2015, and nothing beyond it. No other certification, facility approval or regulatory clearance is claimed anywhere on this site.

Is ₹5,000.00 the price I pay?

No. That is the printed MRP on the pack. Net rate, PTR and PTS are worked against it and agreed at the time of the order.

Are rates inclusive of freight and GST?

No. Rates are quoted ex-Chandigarh, freight extra at actuals, GST as applicable to the product category, payment in advance. A landed cost is the rate plus the freight.

How soon can a consignment reach Chennai?

Lead time comes back with the rate, because it depends on the quantity, the artwork and whether a batch is scheduled. Transit after dispatch is by surface from Chandigarh.

Ask for a rate on RIFANOS-550 in Chennai

Send the quantity you need against the pack shown above and you will get the net rate, the minimum order quantity and a lead time — not a brochure. Tell us the district you are working in Chennai and whether you are asking about franchise, third party manufacturing or straight distribution, and the reply will be specific to that. Call 8264472179 or use the enquiry form on this page.

Ordering RIFANOS-550 in Chennai

Send the quantity you need against the pack shown above and we come back with the rate, the minimum order quantity and a lead time. Rates are quoted ex-Chandigarh, freight extra at actuals, GST as applicable to the product category, payment in advance. Expiry and breakage claims are not entertained, which is why the shelf life on the batch you are offered is worth asking about when you order rather than afterwards.

The three routes, and which one you want

  • Under your own brand. Any item here can be made as third party manufacturing — you keep the brand, the trademark and the market, and production, packing and batch documentation are handled here. This is the route for a marketing company that wants equity in a name of its own rather than in somebody else's.
  • On franchise. Appointments are district-wise, so two associates are never put into the same market. See PCD pharma franchise. This is the route for somebody building a territory: the promotional work you do in a chamber stays yours.
  • On distribution. Straight supply against a valid drug licence, with no exclusivity and no promotional commitment either way. The simplest of the three, and the right one for a wholesaler filling a gap on a sheet they already have.

What you need either way

Two documents decide whether an order can be invoiced at all, and they are the same two on all three routes: a valid drug licence in the name of the firm being invoiced — commonly Form 20B and 21B for a wholesaler — and GST registration in that same firm's name. The name on the licence and the name on the invoice have to match; an order held at dispatch is almost always held because they did not.

A third party manufacturing order needs one more: the trademark registration, or the application number, for any brand name you intend to print. That is needed before artwork rather than before dispatch, which gives it a longer runway and makes it easier to forget. Cartons, foils, labels and inserts are produced against artwork you approve before a batch is scheduled, not after it.

If you are applying for a licence now, that is a normal place to be starting from. The quotation can be worked out in the meantime — only the dispatch waits on the paperwork.

How the rate is built

Four terms carry every franchise conversation in this industry, and mixing them up is how two quotations get compared that were never comparable:

  • MRP — the maximum retail price printed on the pack. A retailer may sell below it and may not sell above it.
  • PTR — price to retailer: what the chemist pays the stockist.
  • PTS — price to stockist: what the stockist pays the company or the franchise associate.
  • Net rate — what an associate pays us. The gap between that and PTS is the associate's margin, before GST and before freight.

Those last four words matter more than anything else on this list. Two offers quoting the same PTS are not the same offer if one is ex-factory with freight at actuals and the other is landed at your godown. Before comparing anybody's rate with anybody else's, put both on the same basis: per tablet, bottle or tube rather than per box, since pack sizes differ; against the printed MRP, since the margins are built from it; and ex-factory rather than landed, since freight is a real number and a quotation that has absorbed it has also hidden it. The second thing worth checking is what quantity a rate assumes — a number for a full run and a number for a trial batch are both honest and they are not the same offer.

Monopoly rights, and what the word should mean

Franchise appointments are granted by district rather than by state or by city, and they cover the range rather than a single product. Both of those are deliberate. A monopoly on one line is not a territory — an associate who holds one finds the rest of the segment arriving in their market through somebody else. And the practical test of a monopoly is simple: if a company cannot tell you who else holds your district, it is not granting one.

Building a prescriber relationship takes months of visits. An associate who finds a second supplier's representative in the same waiting room has lost those months, which is the whole reason the appointment is written the way it is.

How a first order actually goes

It is shorter than most people expect, and the order of the steps matters because each one depends on the last:

  1. You send the list and the quantity. Product, pack, and how many. On a third party manufacturing enquiry, say whether you want the pack shown here or something else — it changes the tooling and therefore the rate.
  2. We send the rate, the minimum order quantity and a lead time. All three together, because a rate without a minimum is not an offer you can act on.
  3. Licence and GST are verified. Both in the name of the firm to be invoiced. This is where a first order stalls if the names do not match.
  4. Artwork, if it is your brand. Cartons, foils and labels go to proof and you approve them. Nothing is scheduled until you do.
  5. Payment, then dispatch. Payment in advance, goods ex-Chandigarh by surface, batch documentation travelling with the consignment.

Marketing company or manufacturer — why it matters to you

UNOS Biotech is a pharma marketing company. Products are manufactured at licensed third-party units and marketed under the UNOS Biotech name, or under yours. That is the normal structure for most of the PCD and franchise market in this country, and it is worth understanding rather than guessing at, because it tells you what questions are reasonable.

Reasonable: ask for the composition, the pack, the printed MRP, the batch documentation that travels with the goods, and the shelf life on what you are being offered. Not reasonable, and a warning sign when a supplier answers it anyway: asking a marketing company for a plant certification it does not hold. A company that will claim one it has not got will also claim a lead time it cannot meet.

Dispatch and documentation

Goods move by surface transport from Chandigarh unless something else is agreed, and the packing is specified for that journey rather than for an ideal one. Every consignment travels with its batch documentation. Composition, pack size and printed MRP are exactly as shown on this page — those are the details on the pack itself.

What this company does and does not claim

UNOS BIOTECH PVT. LTD. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company. That is a quality management system standard, and it is the only certification claimed anywhere on this site. No plant certification, foreign regulatory approval or government endorsement is claimed, because none is held.

The restraint is deliberate and it protects everybody downstream. A distributor who repeats a certification their supplier invented is the one standing in front of the buyer when it gets checked. For anything clinical, what a product contains is stated on the pack, and how it should be used is a matter for a registered medical practitioner and the pack insert — not for a supplier's catalogue page.

Call 8264472179 with the quantity, your district and which of the three routes you are asking about, and the reply will be specific to that.

Business enquiry information

Third party manufacturing

This formulation can be produced under your own brand name and artwork.

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PCD franchise

Available within a monopoly territory alongside the wider product basket.

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Distribution

Available to appointed stockists against a valid drug licence and GST registration.

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Questions about this product

RIFANOS-550 contains RIFAXIMIN 550MG. It is supplied as tablets. The composition is reproduced from the company price list and is not prescribing information.

RIFANOS-550 is packed as 10x10 ALU. The printed MRP is ₹5,000.00 per pack; net rate, PTR and PTS are shared on enquiry.

Yes. RIFANOS-550 can be included in a PCD franchise basket on district-wise monopoly rights, so two associates are never appointed into the same market. A valid drug licence and GST registration are required, and net rates, PTR, PTS and the minimum order quantity are shared before you commit.

Yes. This formulation is available for third party manufacturing under your own brand name and artwork. Rates are quoted ex-Chandigarh with freight extra at actuals and GST as applicable, and the minimum order quantity and lead time are confirmed in writing with the quotation.
Disclaimer. Product information provided on this website is for general informational and business enquiry purposes. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Product details shown here are reproduced from the company price list and are not prescribing information.
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