Amneal's president, CEO win Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Chirag Patel and Chintu Patel, who respectively are the president and CEO of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, recently received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

The executives received the 2011 New Jersey Award in the pharmaceutical and medical technology category, which was presented at a gala event last month.

As Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 New Jersey Award winners, Chintu and Chirag Patel, who cofounded Amneal in 2002, now are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 national award. Award winners will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, Calif., on Nov. 12.