The Competition Commission on Tuesday cleared the proposed amalgamation of nine entities with pharmaceutical firm Sequent Scientific Ltd (SSL).

"The proposed combination involves a series of inter-connected steps carried out for the amalgamation of SRL, Viyash, Symed, Appcure, Vindhya Pharma, Vandana, Vindhya Organics, Geninn and SV Labs with SSL as the ultimate surviving entity," CCI (Competition Commission of India) said in a release.

SSL offers active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), finished dosage formulations, and analytical services for the animal health sector.