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In what may be considered as early signs of slowing down, the domestic pharmaceutical industry’s inventory lying with trade has gone up since the nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24. Industry insiders say the pharma industry is expected to clock 1-3 per cent overall growth this year.
At an overall level, the inventory days have gone up from 31 days as on March 22 to 41 days as on April 22, showed the data from market research firm AIOCD AWACS. The first month of the nationwide lockdown has seen lower offtake of medicines across the country. Barring chronic therapy,
