Soon, oral COVID-19 dose from Pimpri-based drug maker HAL Soon, oral COVID-19 dose from Pimpri-based drug maker HAL ByArchana DahiwalArchana Dahiwal / Updated: Jul 4, 2021, 06:00 IST PSU aims to manufacture medication for mild cases in next 3 months, reinvent its flagging status India’s first public sector pharmaceutical company, Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd (HAL), is ready to perform its role in the pandemic. The Pimpri-based drug manufacturing unit, set up in 1954, will produce oral medication to tackle mild COVID-19 cases in the next three months. The ailing public sector undertaking (PSU) says it is on the road to recovery, and started two new plants on Friday.