POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of (i) the General Counsel of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and who is currently Stephen Manzano, (ii)
the Company's Chief Financial Officer, who is currently Todd P. Branning, (iii)
the Company's Vice President, Transactions - Legal, who is currently Meredith
Cook, and (iv) the Company's Chief Human Resources Officer, who is currently
Nikita Shah, and their respective successors (including anyone serving in such
capacities on an interim or acting basis), signing singly, with full powers of
substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

  1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
     and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
     Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
     appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
     electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

  2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
     as an officer and/or director of the Company, and/or 10% holder of the
     Company's capital stock, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments thereto in
     accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
     the rules thereunder;

  3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
     may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
     or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
     file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority;
     and

  4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
     foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
     to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
     being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
     behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
     such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
     fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 20th day of February, 2020.

                                           /s/ John Kiely
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                                           By: John Kiely