Kilitch Drugs India forms JV in Ethiopia with local partner
Shares of Kilitch Drugs India were trading a steep 19.97 per cent up at Rs 38.15 per scrip during afternoon session
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Pharma firm Kilitch Drugs India has formed a joint venture in Ethiopia with a local partner there to set up a manufacturing plant in the African country.
"The company has formed a joint venture in the Republic of Ethiopia with a local party therein to set up a pharmaceutical/nutraceutical manufacturing unit...," Kilitch Drugs said in a BSE filing. It, however, did not provide the name of the company with which it has formed the JV.
"The company (Kilitch Drugs India) shall be a partner to the tune of 97 per cent and the Ethiopian partner shall hold remaining 3 per cent in the said joint venture," it added.
Shares of Kilitch Drugs India were trading a steep 19.97 per cent up at Rs 38.15 per scrip during afternoon session on the BSE.
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First Published: Oct 19 2015 | 3:02 PM IST