Interview with Lupin managing director Nilesh Gupta
Manufacturing costs and other expenses rose about 30% in the quarter
Inspection was completed on April 26
Lupin dipped 3% to Rs 1,242, its fresh 32-month low on BSE in intra-day trade
US regulator's observations add to US pressure
In past one-month, the stock declined 11.7% as compared to unchanged in Sensex.
The Mumbai-based company's product is the generic version of Daiichi Sankyo Inc's Benicar tablets
The stock hit a fresh 52-week low of Rs 1,320, down 1.3% on the BSE.
Wellbutrin tablets have sales of $755 million in the American market
An Australian court has asked Generic Health to pay A$30 million to Bayer Pharmaceuticals
About 25 products to be launched next year will only partly compensate price erosion
Nilesh Gupta, managing director for Mumbai based pharma major Lupin is trying to reset investors expectation as its mojo in the US market is set to get weaker in the near term.The company that reported Rs 12,958 crore revenue in the nine months of current financial earns about 48% from the US markets. "With one of the strongest pending pipelines in the US at its disposal, the company is well poised to address the pricing issue," said Siddhant Khandekar, analyst with ICICI Securities in its recent report. "We expect US sales to grow at 18% CAGR in FY16-19E to Rs 9642 crore," the report said.Following the $880 million acquisition of Gavis in 2015, the company has stepped-up product launches and ramped-up specialty drugs offering to protect its revenue from the US market.It owns one of the strongest ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) pipeline comprising 344 filed and 137 pending approvals including 44 FTFs (First to File). This acquisition has strengthened its position in ...
Interview with the managing director of Lupin
New products expected to offset price erosion in the US
Shares of Lupin were trading 0.48 per cent higher at Rs 1,454.80 on the BSE
Kyowa Pharmaceutical has entered into an agreement with Astellas Pharma
The product is generic version of Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc's Hycodan oral solution in same strength
It now has a portfolio of 128 generic products in the US market
Helped by higher sales of its diabetes products in the United States
Shares of Lupin were trading 1.86 per cent higher at Rs 1,489 apiece on BSE