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Approval for generics drug up but US business shrinks for home firms

The trend is likely to continue for the next few quarters before the benefit from new drug launches start to accrue

Approval for generics drug up but US business shrinks for home firms
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Sohini Das Ahmedabad
Indian pharmaceutical firms are upbeat about the success they had in 2017 — 300 generic drug approvals (an all-time high) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
However, the share of US business in the overall revenue of big pharma firms shrank in 2016-17 and in the first half of 2017-18, data shows. And, the trend is likely to continue for the next few quarters before the benefit from new drug launches start to accrue.
 
There is usually a time gap of 6-12 months from the date of the approval to the date of billing (after a