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Drug major Cipla on Tuesday said it has inked a pact with Africa Capitalworks to sell a 51.18 per cent stake in Uganda-based Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Ltd. The company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Cipla (EU) Ltd and Mauritius-based Meditab Holdings Ltd, have entered into a share purchase agreement with Africa Capitalworks on March 14, Cipla said in a regulatory filing. Subsequent to the sale, Cipla Quality Chemical Industries (CQCIL) will cease to be a subsidiary of the company, it added. Consideration to be received by Cipla (EU) Ltd and Meditab Holdings Limited shall be in the range of USD 25-30 million, Cipla noted. The proposed sale is expected to be completed by May 31, 2023, it added. Africa Capitalworks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Africa Capitalworks Holdings (ACW), an investment management company incorporated in Mauritius. ACW is engaged in providing permanent equity capital and complementary skills to mid-market companies across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Shares of Cipla on Monday ended over 6 per cent lower after the company received 'Form 483' with eight observations for its Pithampur-based manufacturing facility. The stock declined 6.02 per cent to settle at Rs 964.05 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it tumbled 6.78 per cent to Rs 956.20. On the NSE, it tanked 6.11 per cent to end at Rs 963 per share. In volume terms, 2.38 lakh shares were traded on the BSE and over 58.29 lakh shares on the NSE during the day. The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) conducted a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) inspection at the manufacturing facility from February 6-17, the Mumbai-based drug firm said in a regulatory filing on Saturday. On conclusion of the inspection, the company has received eight inspectional observations in Form 483, it added. The company will work closely with the USFDA and is committed to address these comprehensively within stipulated time, it said. As per USFDA, Form 483 is issued to a firm's managemen
The Income Tax Department has carried out a survey action against drug major Cipla, sources said on Tuesday. The department is conducting the surprise action to check the balance sheets and other business documents of the Mumbai headquartered company as part of an alleged tax evasion investigation, they said. As part of a survey, the Income Tax Department only covers the business premises of a company and does not raid the residences and other locations of its promoters or directors. The company had last week reported, in a regulatory filing, a seven per cent increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 808 crore in the third quarter ending December 2022, aided by robust sales in the US market.
Drug major Cipla on Wednesday reported a 7 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 808 crore for the third quarter ended December 2022, aided by robust sales. The Mumbai-based drug maker had reported a net profit of Rs 757 crore for the October-December period of the last fiscal. Its total revenue from operations rose to Rs 5,810 crore for the third quarter compared to Rs 5,479 in the year-ago period, Cipla said in a regulatory filing. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the company reported a net profit of Rs 2,311 crore against Rs 2,176 crore in the same period last fiscal. Shares of the company were trading 2.73 per cent down at Rs 1,032.50 apiece on the BSE.
Cipla expects elevated capital expenditure on automation to continue for three more years, a senior official has said. The city-headquartered company started its investment journey on the automation front two years ago and has already been recognised for its work by multiple bodies, Geena Malhotra, the chief technology officer for the company, told PTI recently. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised one of its four manufacturing units as a 'lighthouse' project for being replicated across the world, Malhotra said, adding that the company will be implementing the same across all of its 42 plants. "On investments, we have done both regular capital expenditure and also additional investments. We have made a good amount of investments in the last two years and will be investing for about 3-4 years more in this journey," Malhotra said. The company, however, did not disclose the financial details of its automation spends. The journey on automation has its roots in a decision Cipl